Section: US & Canada
22 bodies counted at Ukraine wreckage site
Airport security personnel look at the flight information board in the departure hall, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Malaysia Airlines said… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Obama Says The Plane Crash In Ukraine ‘May Be A Terrible Tragedy’
President Barack Obama briefly addressed on Thursday reports that a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300 people had been reportedly shot down near the Ukrainian border. “It looks like it may be a terrible tragedy,” Obama said at the start of a speech in Wilmington, Delaware. He said the White House’s...
At least 22 confirmed dead at Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in Ukraine: AP
Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. …read more Source: CTV...
Exclusive: Separatist Leader Says Rebels Did Not Shoot Down Flight MH17
The pro-Russia separatist leader was not in a mood to discuss the downing of a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine on Thursday. He had heard about it on the news – 280 passengers and 15 crew on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lampur – possibly shot out of the sky with a missile or some other projectile over the...
Anton Gerashchenko Buk Missile Photo? Ukranian Official Posts ‘Evidence’ on Facebook, Accuses Putin of Sponsoring ‘Terrorists’
Anton Gerashchenko has uploaded pictures proving that a Buk missile was launched. The adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs posted a photo of the missile smoke stream on his Facebook page. Gerashchenko also continued to accuse Russian president Vladimir Putin of helping the “terrorists” who shot down the plane in his...
BREMMER: The Crisis In Ukraine Just Escalated Significantly
The conflict in Ukraine has escalated significantly with the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300 people, Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer tells Business Insider. All 295 people aboard the civilian aircraft were killed. Ukraine’s Interior Minister blamed pro-Russian separatists for shooting down the...
23 US Citizens Reportedly Dead In Malaysia Airlines Crash
There were reportedly 23 American citizens on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which went down over Ukraine on Thursday. Fox is citing the flight manifest that reportedly lists 23 Americans, and Reuters cites an Interior Ministry adviser quoted by Interfax. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said she couldn’t immediately confirm...
22 bodies counted at Ukraine plane crash site
GRABOVO, Ukraine — Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane.As plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village of Grabovo in eastern Ukraine, an...
U.S. Stock Indexes Fall
U.S. stocks fell Thursday after reports of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crash near the Russia-Ukraine border, though major benchmarks recouped much of their losses in afternoon trading. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 Victims: First Victims Identified by Passports as Jennifer Vanderlei, Sanjid Singh, Tomas Van Kuelen, Charlotte Van Der
The first victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have been identified as Sanjid Singh, Tomas Van Kuelen, and Charlotte Van Der. Flight MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur before it was shot down over Ukraine. The 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board are all believed to be dead. The victims were identified through their...
