Section: Business Insider (USA)
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:...
The VIX Exploded Today (VIX)
The volatility index, or VIX, gained 32% today. The VIX, commonly referred to as the “fear index,” measures expected volatility in the S&P 500 over the next month. Amid the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine and late afternoon reports that Israel has begun a ground operation in Gaza, stocks sold off as “safe...
US INTELLIGENCE: Surface-To-Air Missile Was Fired At Malaysian Plane In Ukraine
U.S. intelligence believes a surface-to-air missile was fired at a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300 people when it was shot down near the Ukrainian border, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. But the intelligence has not confirmed the origin of the missile, according to the report, and it is...
LEAK: SEPARATISTS DISCUSS SHOOTING DOWN CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT IN EAST UKRAINE
Ukraine’s security services (SBU) have released an intercepted audio recording of pro-Russia separatists discussing how they shot down a civilian aircraft in eastern Ukraine, the Kyiv Post reports. This morning, 295 people died when a Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in the town of Torez in the...
White House Won’t Clarify How Obama Heard About The Malaysian Plane Crash In Ukraine
President Barack Obama was on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin when news of the Malaysian Airlines plane crash broke Thursday, but the White House won’t say whether the president learned of the incident from his counterpart in Moscow or by other means. According to a press pool report by Washington Post reporter Juliet...
A Howard Stern Fan Pranked MSNBC During Malaysian Plane Crash Coverage
MSNBC host Krystal Ball was pranked live on-air Thursday during her coverage of the Malaysian flight crash in Ukraine— with an apparent fan of shock-jock Howard Stern posing as a military expert only to make a crude joke and call Ball a “dumbass. “I was looking out the window and I saw a projectile flying through the sky and it...
S&P 500 FALLS 1.1%, GOLD RALLIES: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPX, SPY, QQQ, GLD, VIX, RSX, MSFT, AVP, MS, PEP)
Stocks were lower as headlines were dominated by the crash of a Malaysia Airlines flight in Ukraine near the Russian border. All major stock indices closed lower, with the S&P 500 ending its streak of sessions without a 1% move at 62, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq suffered the deepest losses, falling 1.4%. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 16,986.70,...
Pro-Russian Rebel Leader: ‘We Have Warned Them — Not To Fly In “Our Sky”‘
Russian leader of separatist “Lugansk People Republic” Igor Strelkov posted a statement on Russia’s largest social network that may help explain what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 17 on Thursday morning. The Ukrainian Crisis Media Center shared and translated a screenshot of Strelkov’s comment, shown below, on...
Russia Still Has Thousands Of Troops Along Its Border With Ukraine
Russia restarted a massive military buildup along its Ukrainian border yesterday. The cause of the crash of a Malaysian Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine is currently unknown. But the tragedy occurred at time when tensions along the border had been increasing. The Pentagon estimates that Russia has placed between 10,000 and 12,000 soldiers along...
The Kremlin’s English-Language Media Has Already Settled On A MH17 Narrative
A Malaysian Airlines passenger jet crashed in Ukraine’s restive east on Thursday. Kremlin-owned English-language media — the Russian government’s means of disseminating its preferred interpretation of internal and global affairs — has already figured out why. In its view, the Ukrainian military is responsible. An early...
