Section: US & Canada
Watch Live: Special Report on Malaysia Plane Crash
NBC News Special Report on reports that a Malaysia Airlines plane is missing near Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Both sides in Ukraine deny shooting down plane
KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace.As huge plumes of black smoke rose up near a village in eastern Ukraine, the fate of the passengers aboard the...
Buk missile launcher reportedly used on Malaysian plane made by Soviets
The surface-to-air missile launcher that a Ukrainian official says brought down a Malaysia Airlines plane near the Russian border Thursday was developed by the Soviet Union to intercept targets up to 72,000 feet in the air. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Flight MH17 Route Map, Flight Path: Plane Took Off From Amsterdam, Shot Down Over Ukraine
Malaysia Airlines 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. Boeing, Malaysia Airlines, the Ukraine government, and the Malaysia government have pledged to investigate what happened. Russian-backed separatist leader Igor...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 Photos: Pictures Purportedly of Plane That Was Shot Down Over Ukraine
The Ukraine government and Malaysia Airlines have confirmed that a flight crashed on Thursday. Flight MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over the country when it was shot down in the east of the country near Ukraine. Reuters reports that the debris has been scattered over a seven mile area. Ukrainian Interior Ministry spokesman Anton...
Here’s The Rocket That Shot Down A Malaysian Airlines Flight
Deatils are far from complete, but early reports of a Malaysian Airliners crash in eastern Ukraine, apparently killing all 295 on board, claim that the plane was shot down by Russian forces with a Buk Missile. Interfax Ukraine reports plane was shot down using ‘Buk’ missile system. Medium range surface-to-air missile system...
Shot down: Malaysian Airlines jet crashes in Ukraine
Complete coverage of the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine …read more Source:...
Flight MH17 crash: Ukraine, rebels trade blame
Separatist rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have denied that they are responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin Denies Cuba Spy Base Reopening
Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying media reports that he will reopen a Soviet-era base in Cuba used to spy on the United States. Putin said Thursday there are no plans to resume operations at the Lourdes signals intelligence facility near Havana, after Russian media first reported a day earlier that the two countries provisionally agreed...
Ukraine Separatist Leader Boasts Of Downing Plane
Shortly before reports surfaced that a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 had crashed in eastern Ukraine, a separatist leader boasted on social media that his men had shot down an aircraft. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
