Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Elaine Teoh, Albert Rizk, and Marie Rizk Among Australian Passengers on Malaysia Flight MH17
Elaine Teoh and Albert and Marie Rizk have been named as three victims feared dead after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down while flying over eastern Ukraine. MH17 took off from Amsterdam and was en route to Kuala Lumpur. Channel Nine reported that Teoh, 27, has been confirmed as being on the plane. She’s a student at Melbourne...
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...
Wan Amran Bin Wan Hussin and Eugene Choo Jin Leong Named as Malaysia Airlines MH17 Pilots
Wan Amran Bin Wan Hussin and Eugene Choo Jin Leong have been named as the pilots on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine on July 17. The identities haven’t been officially confirmed but were made public in a posting on Twitter which appears to show the entire list of staff members on board the flight. There were...
MSNBC Prank Call Malaysia Airlines: Howard Stern Referenced in Crude Flight MH17 ‘Analysis’ (+Video)
MSNBC host Krystal Ball was on the receiving end of a bad prank call during a television coverage of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane on Thursday. During MSNBC’s The Cycle spot on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash, a prank caller going by the name of “Staff Sgt. Michael Boyd.” gave his opinion of what he supposedly...
Cor Pan: Facebook Post From Dutch Man and Malaysia Airlines MH17 Passenger Shows Plane
A Facebook post from Cor Pan, a Netherlands resident, appears to show Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 before it took off from Amsterdam on July 17. He posted the image from the Schipol airport just moments before the plane took off. “If it disappears, this is what it looks like,” he said. It appears that Pan and his girlfriend Neeltji...
Malaysia Airlines MH17, MH370 Tweets: Celebrities Lisa Surihani, Lee Chong Wei, Marion Caunter, Siti Nurhaliza, Social Activists, Ordinary Malaysians React to Plane Crash
A number of Malaysian celebrities and social activists have taken to social media to express their feelings and reactions to the MH17 crash. Malaysia Airlines revealed that the Ukrainian aviation authorities lost contact with MH17 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The plane left Amsterdam and was headed for Kuala Lumpur. Later, Ukraine authorities confirmed...
Malaysia Plane Wreckage Site Has Been Inspected, Blame Game Continues (+Videos)
HRABOVO, Ukraine—A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the aircraft. As plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village of...
Malaysia Airlines: Americans on Board Flight 17?
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the passenger plane downed over Ukraine “looks like it may be a terrible tragedy” and his top priority is finding out whether American citizens were on board. Obama said he’s directed his aides to stay in close contact with Ukrainian officials and offer U.S....
Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine President, Calls Malaysia Airlines MH17 Situation an Act of Terrorism
GRABOVO, Ukraine—A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the aircraft. As plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village of...
Anton Gerashchenko Buk Missile Photo? Ukranian Official Posts ‘Evidence’ on Facebook, Accuses Putin of Sponsoring ‘Terrorists’
Anton Gerashchenko has uploaded pictures proving that a Buk missile was launched. The adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs posted a photo of the missile smoke stream on his Facebook page. Gerashchenko also continued to accuse Russian president Vladimir Putin of helping the “terrorists” who shot down the plane in his...
