Tag: Malaysia Airlines Disaster

President Barack Obama speaks in front of the Interstate 495 bridge over the Christina River near Wilmington, Del., Thursday, July 17, 2014, to announce an initiative to increase private sector investment in the nation's infrastructure. The bridge was closed for emergency repairs last month after the discovery of four tilting support columns, and the federal government is helping pay for repairs. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AP source: Missile took down jet in Ukraine

JULIE PACELOLITA C. BALDOR · July 18, 2014 4:42 am

A woman reacts to news regarding a Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Malaysia Airlines said it lost contact with Flight 17 over Ukrainian airspace Thursday. It was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Global leaders express shock over downed plane

Associated Press · July 18, 2014 4:03 am

Chinese relatives of passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 cry outside the airlines' office after officials from the airline refused to meet with them in Beijing, China Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Despite a massive air and sea search, no trace of Flight 370 has been found, three months after it vanished after taking off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Families of Flight 370 passengers seek information

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2014 1:20 pm

Underwater sound examined for links to missing jet

Underwater sound examined for links to missing jet

Kristen Gelineau · June 4, 2014 4:04 am

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker, left, and International Air Transport Association director Tony Tyler laugh during the the IATA's annual meeting held this year in Doha, Qatar, Monday, June 2, 2014. Tyler says the group will prepare a draft of new recommendations in September to improve global tracking capabilities in the aftermath of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

Airline group to recommend plane tracking options

Aya Batrawy · June 2, 2014 11:25 am

CORRECTS IDENTIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT TO AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE INSTEAD OF A TOWED PINGER LOCATOR - An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) sits on the wharf at naval base HMAS Stirling in Perth, Australia, ready to be fitted to the Australian warship Ocean Shield to aid in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Sunday, March 30, 2014. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which oversees the search, said the ship will be equipped with a black box detector â the U.S. Navy's Towed Pinger Locator â and the AUV, as well as other acoustic detection equipment. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Relatives press for new Malaysia plane search plan

ARITZ PARRAROD McGUIRK · May 31, 2014 3:00 am

FILE - In this March 30, 2014 file photo, Australian Defense ship Ocean Shield is docked at naval base HMAS Stirling while being fitted with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and towed pinger locator to aid in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, in Perth, Australia. A U.S. Navy spokesman on Thursday, May 29, 2014 dismissed as "speculative and premature" an American expert's reported comments that the acoustic "pings" at the center of the search for the missing Malaysian plane had not come from the jet's back boxes. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

Jet searchers rule out area where ‘pings’ heard

Rod McGuirk · May 29, 2014 11:31 am

Malaysia Airlines union calls for CEO to resign

Malaysia Airlines union calls for CEO to resign

Eileen Ng · May 29, 2014 9:59 am

FILE - In this March 30, 2014 file photo, Australian navy ship Ocean Shield lies docked at naval base HMAS Stirling while being fitted with a towed pinger locator to aid in her roll in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, Australia. A U.S. Navy spokesman on Thursday, May 29, 2014 dismissed as "speculative and premature" an American expert's reported comments that the acoustic "pings" at the center of the search for the missing Malaysian plane had not come from the jet's back boxes. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

What’s next in the stalled hunt for Flight 370?

Kristen Gelineau · May 29, 2014 9:02 am

FILE - In this March 30, 2014 file photo, Australian Defense ship Ocean Shield is docked at naval base HMAS Stirling while being fitted with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and towed pinger locator to aid in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, in Perth, Australia. A U.S. Navy spokesman on Thursday, May 29, 2014 dismissed as "speculative and premature" an American expert's reported comments that the acoustic "pings" at the center of the search for the missing Malaysian plane had not come from the jet's back boxes. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

US Navy won’t dismiss ‘pings’ lead in jet search

Rod McGuirk · May 29, 2014 4:11 am

FILE - In this April 6, 2014 file photo, a man writes messages for passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 before a mass prayer for them, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Malaysian government on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, released 47 pages of raw satellite data used to conclude that the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)

After long wait, Malaysia releases jet data

CHRIS BRUMMITTEILEEN NG · May 27, 2014 5:09 pm

Malaysia to release satellite data on missing jet

Malaysia to release satellite data on missing jet

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 5:19 am