Section: US & Canada
Local Ukraine activist not surprised by Malaysia jet tragedy
AUSTIN (KXAN) – As investigators try to piece together what happened, people here in Austin are still trying to make sense of the tragedy. A local Ukranian activist has been closely following the crisis between Ukraine and Russia, and says she’s not surprised something like this happened. Chris Wynnyk Wilson has had many sleepless...
Incredible Map Shows Airplanes Getting The Heck Out Of Ukranian Airspace
On a normal travel day, the airspace over Ukraine is some of the most congested in the world. It serves as a major cross roads for flights connecting major hubs in Europe with megacities in Asia. However, after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was reportedly shot down earlier today, most of the world’s major airlines have ordered their planes...
Fisher: Moscow has a lot of explaining to do in wake of plane crash
Moscow has a lot of explaining to do about Thursday’s crash of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 civilian airliner near the Russian-Ukrainian border. Ukraine has called what happened to Flight 17 early in its journey from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur “a terrorist attack.” Mass murder is another term that accurately describes the...
How Do We Respond to This Really Horrible Day?
What a horrible day. Israel has begun a ground offensive in Gaza, the White House is on lockdown, and a plane has been shot down in Ukraine. Today’s news piles on an already shaking landscape of ISIS in Iraq, immigrant children suffering on the U.S. border, and still missing Nigerian girls. My Twitter feed has been raging with information...
Ukraine: Pro-Russia rebels downed Malaysian plane
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Ukraine accused pro-Russian separatists of shooting down a Malaysian jetliner with 298 people aboard Thursday, sharply escalating the crisis and threatening to draw both East and West deeper into the conflict. The rebels denied downing the aircraft.American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile brought...
Putin: Responsibility for plane crash is Ukraine’s
Russian President Vladmir Putin says Ukraine bears responsibility for the crash of a Malaysian airliner. …read more Source: CNY...
MSNBC Prank Call Malaysia Airlines: Howard Stern Referenced in Crude Flight MH17 ‘Analysis’ (+Video)
MSNBC host Krystal Ball was on the receiving end of a bad prank call during a television coverage of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane on Thursday. During MSNBC’s The Cycle spot on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash, a prank caller going by the name of “Staff Sgt. Michael Boyd.” gave his opinion of what he supposedly...
Intercepted calls indicate Russian-backed Cossacks shot down plane, paper reports
Ukraine’s security agency says it intercepted calls said to be between Russian military intelligence officers, and between pro-Russian fighters. …read more Source: Toronto...
Putin’s statement on Ukraine plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a meeting with top economic advisers late Thursday with comments on the crash of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine. The text of his remarks, as taken from the Kremlin website and translated by The Associated Press: …read more Source: Miami...
Unrest in Ukraine will complicate Malaysia Air probe
Who will examine the voice and data recorders? How will investigators get to the scene? …read more Source: USA...
