Section: US & Canada
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: Firefighters discover smoking chunks of Malaysian plane
Firefighters work to douse debris on fire after a Malaysian jet was shot down in Ukraine. Officials say the plane was carrying 295 people …read more Source: The Globe and...
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...
Watch: Crews sift through wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17
Video shows the large scattering of debris after a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people crashed in eastern Ukraine. Large pieces of the airliner, as well as several passports from those aboard the doomed flight, were strewn across a large field. …read more Source:...
Malaysia plane crashed in area of severe recent fighting
Ukraine’s military, pro-Russian separatists have had several disputes over planes being shot down over eastern Ukraine in recent days …read more Source:...
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...
