Section: US & Canada
Anguish in Amsterdam as Families of Flight MH17 Passengers Arrive at Airport
The relatives started arriving at Schiphol Airport as the sun began to set on a warm Amsterdam evening. They gathered briefly, bewildered, at a bar area inside the departure hall before police ushered them onto airport shuttle buses to an undisclosed location in the airport, where they would start their anguished wait for news of family members...
4 Other Times Commercial Flights Got Shot Down
U.S. officials have confirmed that a surface-to-air missile hit the Malaysia Airlines flight that went down over Ukraine on Thursday. As NPR notes, it’s rare for a civilian airliner to be shot down from the air even though it’s not unheard of. Here are four other notable instances of passenger planes being shot down: Feb. 21, 1973:...
Video: Malaysia says plane did not make distress call
Malaysia’s prime minister says a Malaysia Airlines jetliner did not make any distress call before it went down in Ukraine, and that the flight route was declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organization …read more Source: The Globe and...
Buk missile suspected in Malaysia plane disaster
LONDON (AP) — The Malaysia Airlines jet was flying far above the range of conventional portable anti-aircraft launchers when it was destroyed Thursday — but it was well within the altitude range of the powerful Buk missile-launcher. That Russian-made system was blamed by an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister for the...
Ukraine: Intercepted phone conversations showed rebels were responsible for shooting down plane
Ukraine’s security services produced what they said were two intercepted telephone conversations that they said showed rebels were responsible for downing a Malaysian airliner. …read more Source: CNY...
Britain calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine
Britain has asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Ukraine. …read more Source: CNY...
Official says Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine
New story and photos: A Ukrainian official said the passenger jet carrying 295 people was shot down by a missile. …read more Source: CNY...
Why Was MH17 Over Eastern Ukraine, Anyway?
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was hardly alone in the skies over eastern Ukraine when it was apparently shot down on a route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Airline routes are like highways—there’s a lot of traffic on them. And there were other flights from other airlines in the Ukraine corridor, including an Aeroflot jet that...
Watch: Ukraine’s Airspace Emptied Out After MH17 Crashed
After MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine, air traffic data suggest that more and more flights that weren’t Ukraine-bound began to skirt around the country’s borders. Flight patterns appeared to shift towards a path along Ukraine’s eastern borders hours after MH17′s burning debris was located in eastern Urkaine, as seen in the...
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Shot Down Over Ukraine
A passenger plane traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 aboard. Body parts were scattered for miles around the crash site, near towns held by Russian-backed separatists. An emergency services rescue worker said that at least 100 bodies had been found at the scene. Ukrainian officials...
