Section: Boston Herald (USA)
Train with plane crash bodies leaves rebel town
HRABOVE, Ukraine — A refrigerated train bearing the bodies of many of the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane disaster has pulled away from a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine.An AP reporter saw the train leave, destination unknown, from the town of Torez, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site itself. …read more...
Flight 17 tragic end for family of 6 coming home
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Mohammad Afif and his family were about to start a new chapter in their lives. Afif was getting set to begin his university studies in architecture, and his father was preparing to move back to Malaysia with his wife and three of their children after working overseas for several years.But what was supposed to be a...
Dutch tell rebels: Train full of bodies must leave
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Dutch forensic investigators told armed separatists guarding train cars full of bodies from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet on Monday that the train must be allowed to leave within hours.The experts from the Dutch National Forensic Investigations Team — which specializes in victim recovery and identification...
Dutch anger swells at treatment of Ukraine bodies
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — It is no longer only grief and mourning sweeping across the Netherlands in the aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. It is now anger.The Dutch have widely condemned the way the bodies of loved ones have been treated in Ukraine and the fact they have not yet been returned home, four days after...
Malaysia plane recovery operation stumbles forward
HRABOVE, Ukraine — The chaotic Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 recovery effort stumbled again Monday, with more bodies found at the sprawling crash site but a worrisome power outage in the refrigerated train holding over 200 of the dead. …read more Source: Boston...
Ukraine workers say 21 bodies found at crash site
HRABOVE, Ukraine — Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard.Local rescue workers had piled 21 black body bags by the side of the road in Hrabove early Monday. It was unclear how quickly they would be transported to...
Putin blames others for exploiting Ukraine crash
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has lambasted those who use the downing of a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for “mercenary objectives,” the Kremlin said Monday.In a statement posted on the Kremlin website, Putin again lashed out at Ukraine for ongoing violence with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern part of the...
UN to vote on crash resolution; Russia has doubts
CANBERRA, Australia — The U.N. Security Council will vote Monday on an Australia-proposed resolution demanding international access to the Ukraine plane crash site and a cease-fire around the area, with diplomats pressuring a reluctant Russia to approve it.Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said his country would view a Russian veto of...
Bodies from downed jet piled in boxcars in Ukraine
TOREZ, Ukraine — Pro-Moscow rebels piled nearly 200 bodies from the downed Malaysian jetliner into four refrigerated boxcars Sunday in eastern Ukraine, and cranes at the crash scene moved big chunks of the Boeing 777, drawing condemnation from Western leaders that the rebels were tampering with the site. …read more Source: Boston...
Video indicates that separatists have flight recorder
KIEV, Ukraine — The mystery over the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17’s flight data and voice recorders seemed to clear up a little on Sunday when video surfaced of separatist emergency workers coming upon the device in a field in eastern Ukraine.Reuters posted the video, taken Friday, of one worker calling out “flight...
