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    Flight MH17: What the Wreckage Is Already Revealing
    Jul18

    Flight MH17: What the Wreckage Is Already Revealing

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:37 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    With the crash of another Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, this one in eastern Ukraine, aviation accident investigators are again asking the same big questions as in any disaster: What happened and why did it happen? In the case of the disappearance of MH370 this spring, the answer at this point on both counts is that no one knows. This will not be...

    Malaysian Airliner Crashes in Ukraine
    Jul18

    Malaysian Airliner Crashes in Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    Emergencies ministry personnel attempted to extinguish fires from the wreckage of a Malaysia Airways Boeing 777 that crashed near the Ukrainian border that still burned hours later on Thursday (July 17). A Malaysian airliner was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a...

    What is known about the crash of Malaysian jetliner in Ukraine
    Jul18

    What is known about the crash of Malaysian jetliner in Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    Here’s what is known, and what has been claimed, about Thursday’s crash of a Malaysian jetliner carrying 295 people in eastern Ukraine: ___ THE PLANE A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER, which the carrier said was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members on Flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. …read more...

    US trying to determine why jet down in Ukraine
    Jul18

    US trying to determine why jet down in Ukraine

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration scrambled Thursday to determine what brought down a passenger jet in Ukraine and whether any Americans were killed in an incident that could worsen t… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Blame Game Unfolds After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash
    Jul18

    Blame Game Unfolds After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    MoreExclusive: Separatist Leader Says Rebels Did Not Shoot Down Flight MH17Rebels Control the Crash Site Of Downed Malaysia PlaneUkrainian officials blamed a “terrorist action” for the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on Thursday, while pro-Russian separatists, who said they do not have weaponry advanced enough to shoot down an...

    Joe Biden: Malaysia Plane ‘Apparently Shot Down’ Over Ukraine, ‘Not An Accident’
    Jul18

    Joe Biden: Malaysia Plane ‘Apparently Shot Down’ Over Ukraine, ‘Not An Accident’

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    DETROIT, Mich. — Vice President Joe Biden said the United States is working to confirm reports that Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was “apparently shot down” over eastern Ukraine on Thursday. “A Malaysian aircraft traveling from Western Europe to Kuala Lumpur … was apparently shot down,” Biden said, telling the...

    U.S. Believes Malaysia Airlines Plane Hit By Surface-To-Air Missile, Official Reports
    Jul18

    U.S. Believes Malaysia Airlines Plane Hit By Surface-To-Air Missile, Official Reports

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. official said the United States believes a surface-to-air missile brought down the Malaysian airliner that crashed on Thursday in eastern Ukraine, killing all 295 people aboard. The U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the origin of the missile was unclear. The official declined...

    Malaysia says jetliner did not make distress call
    Jul18

    Malaysia says jetliner did not make distress call

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s prime minister said Friday that a Malaysia Airlines jetliner did not make any distress call before it went down in Ukraine, and that the flight route had been declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organization. […] Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that the aircraft did not make...

    The VIX Exploded Today (VIX)
    Jul18

    The VIX Exploded Today (VIX)

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    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...

    ‘Blown Out of the Sky’: Malaysia Jet Shot Down by Missile
    Jul18

    ‘Blown Out of the Sky’: Malaysia Jet Shot Down by Missile

    Friday, July 18 , 2014 - 0:24 (EEST) Section: NBC (USA)

    A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday, according to reports. …read more Source:...