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    Malaysia plane deviated from typical path before going down
    Jul18

    Malaysia plane deviated from typical path before going down

    Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 strayed from path its pilots should have been familiar with before crashing in Ukraine …read more Source:...

    Barry Sim and Wife Izzy Missed Malaysia Airlines Flight That Crashed Due to Lack of Seats
    Jul18

    Barry Sim and Wife Izzy Missed Malaysia Airlines Flight That Crashed Due to Lack of Seats

    A British couple was nearly on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine on July 17. They had been planning to fly on the flight but were told that there weren’t enough seats so they switched to a later KLM flight. 9 British passengers were among the 298 on board MH17, Malaysia Airlines said in its most recent...

    US: Malaysian Plane Shot Down over War Area in Ukraine
    Jul18

    US: Malaysian Plane Shot Down over War Area in Ukraine

    U.S. officials are saying a Malaysian jet flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down as it crossed eastern Ukraine. The downing of the jet — the second loss for Malaysia Airlines in four months — escalates tension in the civil war between Ukraine and Russia. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti has more. …read more Source:...

    Biden on the Malaysian Jet Crash
    Jul18

    Biden on the Malaysian Jet Crash

    Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. spoke abut the downing of Malaysia Airlines 17 in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...

    AP Interview: Ukraine blames Russia for plane crash, says separatists reacted like ‘animals’
    Jul18

    AP Interview: Ukraine blames Russia for plane crash, says separatists reacted like ‘animals’

    Ukraine’s U.N. …read more Source: FOX...

    Intercepted Audio of Ukraine Separatists
    Jul18

    Intercepted Audio of Ukraine Separatists

    Ukraine released what it said is audio from intercepted phone calls between separatist rebels and Russian officers. In one call, a rebel is heard saying, “We have just shot down a plane.” …read more Source: The New York...

    Putin Says Ukraine ‘Bears Responsibility’ for Jet Crash
    Jul18

    Putin Says Ukraine ‘Bears Responsibility’ for Jet Crash

    Putin said the crash would not have happened if there was peace in Ukraine, and “the state over whose territory this took place bears responsibility.” …read more Source:...

    Local Ukraine activist not surprised by Malaysia jet tragedy
    Jul18

    Local Ukraine activist not surprised by Malaysia jet tragedy

    AUSTIN (KXAN) – As investigators try to piece together what happened, people here in Austin are still trying to make sense of the tragedy. A local Ukranian activist has been closely following the crisis between Ukraine and Russia, and says she’s not surprised something like this happened. Chris Wynnyk Wilson has had many sleepless...

    Incredible Map Shows Airplanes Getting The Heck Out Of Ukranian Airspace
    Jul18

    Incredible Map Shows Airplanes Getting The Heck Out Of Ukranian Airspace

    On a normal travel day, the airspace over Ukraine is some of the most congested in the world. It serves as a major cross roads for flights connecting major hubs in Europe with megacities in Asia. However, after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was reportedly shot down earlier today, most of the world’s major airlines have ordered their planes...

    How Do We Respond to This Really Horrible Day?
    Jul18

    How Do We Respond to This Really Horrible Day?

    What a horrible day. Israel has begun a ground offensive in Gaza, the White House is on lockdown, and a plane has been shot down in Ukraine. Today’s news piles on an already shaking landscape of ISIS in Iraq, immigrant children suffering on the U.S. border, and still missing Nigerian girls. My Twitter feed has been raging with information...