Section: Boston Herald (USA)
Dutch say black box damaged but voice data ok
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — Dutch investigators say that the voice recorder from the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine was damaged but not manipulated, and its data is still intact.Dutch investigators handed two so-called black box flight recorders to a lab in southern England on Wednesday.The Dutch Safety Board says in a...
Malaysia jet victims' bodies arrive in Netherlands
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Two military transport planes carrying 40 coffins bearing victims of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 have landed in the southern city of Eindhoven.Six days after the Boeing 777 was shot down over the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, the first bodies finally arrived Wednesday in the Netherlands, the country that...
Bodies of Malaysia jet victims leave Ukraine
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Two military aircraft carrying the first bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash left the embattled plains of eastern Ukraine Wednesday, bringing some consolation to grieving relatives who still must wait for positive identifications and answers about who caused the disaster.The Dutch government declared a day of...
Bodies of Malaysia jet victims to leave Ukraine
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is preparing a departure ceremony for the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster, which are being flown to the Netherlands.Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Wednesday’s ceremony was set for 11 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) at the airport in Kharkiv. Dutch officials say at least 200...
Plane crash bodies removed from war zone
KHARKIV, Ukraine — A train bearing the dead from the downed Malaysian airliner reached Ukrainian government-held territory at long last Tuesday, but the pro-Russian separatists in control of the crash site showed little willingness to allow the full-scale investigation demanded by world leaders.Despite anger over the rebels’ handling...
EU imposes new sanctions against Russian officials
BRUSSELS — The Dutch foreign minister says the European Union is imposing new sanctions against officials deemed responsible for Russia’s actions in Ukraine.Tuesday’s decision by foreign ministers from the 28-nation bloc came days after a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over territory held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern...
Putin: Russia will facilitate plane investigation
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin says Russia will do “everything in its power” to facilitate an investigation into the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crash, but accused Kiev and the West of escalating the conflict in the region.During a meeting with Russia’s Security Council on Tuesday, Putin said Russia was willing to...
Ukrainian rebels release crash bodies, black boxes
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Bowing to international pressure yesterday, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine.With body parts decaying in sweltering heat and signs that evidence at the crash site...
Crash victims' remains reach Ukraine-held city
KHARKIV, Ukraine — The remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in territory held by the Ukrainian government on Tuesday on their way to the Netherlands, after delays and haphazard treatment of the bodies that put pressure on European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels to impose tougher economic sanctions on Russia....
Rebels release train with bodies from downed jet
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Bowing to international pressure, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Boston...
