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    Anguish in Amsterdam as Families of Flight MH17 Passengers Arrive at Airport
    Jul18

    Anguish in Amsterdam as Families of Flight MH17 Passengers Arrive at Airport

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:24 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    The relatives started arriving at Schiphol Airport as the sun began to set on a warm Amsterdam evening. They gathered briefly, bewildered, at a bar area inside the departure hall before police ushered them onto airport shuttle buses to an undisclosed location in the airport, where they would start their anguished wait for news of family members...

    4 Other Times Commercial Flights Got Shot Down
    Jul18

    4 Other Times Commercial Flights Got Shot Down

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:24 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    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:...

    Buk missile suspected in Malaysia plane disaster
    Jul18

    Buk missile suspected in Malaysia plane disaster

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:06 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    LONDON (AP) — The Malaysia Airlines jet was flying far above the range of conventional portable anti-aircraft launchers when it was destroyed Thursday — but it was well within the altitude range of the powerful Buk missile-launcher. That Russian-made system was blamed by an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister for the...

    Ukraine: Intercepted phone conversations showed rebels were responsible for shooting down plane
    Jul18

    Ukraine: Intercepted phone conversations showed rebels were responsible for shooting down plane

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:04 (EEST) Section: CNY Central (USA)

    Ukraine’s security services produced what they said were two intercepted telephone conversations that they said showed rebels were responsible for downing a Malaysian airliner. …read more Source: CNY...

    Britain calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine
    Jul18

    Britain calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:04 (EEST) Section: CNY Central (USA)

    Britain has asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Ukraine. …read more Source: CNY...

    Official says Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine
    Jul18

    Official says Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:04 (EEST) Section: CNY Central (USA)

    New story and photos: A Ukrainian official said the passenger jet carrying 295 people was shot down by a missile. …read more Source: CNY...

    Watch: Ukraine’s Airspace Emptied Out After MH17 Crashed
    Jul18

    Watch: Ukraine’s Airspace Emptied Out After MH17 Crashed

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:00 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    After MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine, air traffic data suggest that more and more flights that weren’t Ukraine-bound began to skirt around the country’s borders. Flight patterns appeared to shift towards a path along Ukraine’s eastern borders hours after MH17′s burning debris was located in eastern Urkaine, as seen in the...

    Lawmakers warn of more sanctions against Russia over Malaysia disaster
    Jul18

    Lawmakers warn of more sanctions against Russia over Malaysia disaster

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:00 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Shocked by the apparent shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine, lawmakers said Thursday they were ready to toughen U.S. sanctions against Russia if evidence shows their intervention in the conflict played a role in the deadly attack. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Shot Down Over Ukraine
    Jul18

    Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Shot Down Over Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:00 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    A passenger plane traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 aboard. Body parts were scattered for miles around the crash site, near towns held by Russian-backed separatists. An emergency services rescue worker said that at least 100 bodies had been found at the scene. Ukrainian officials...

    UN chief calls for Ukraine crash investigation
    Jul18

    UN chief calls for Ukraine crash investigation

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 1:00 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    The U.N. secretary-general says “there is clearly a need for a full and transparent international investigation” into the plane crash in Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...