Tag: Malaysia

Dutch policemen walk in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 27, 2014. A team of international police officers that had been due to visit the site of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine cancelled the trip Sunday after receiving reports of fighting in the area. Alexander Hug, the deputy head of a monitoring team from the OSCE in Europe, said it would be too dangerous for the unarmed mission to travel to the site from its current location in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

UN rights chief: Flight 17 possible war crime

John Heilprin · July 28, 2014 4:08 pm

FILE - In this July 23, 2014 file photo, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak tables an emergency motion to condemn the suspected shooting of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, at the Parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia said Sunday, July 27, 2014 that it would send dozens of police to the Malaysian airliner's crash site in eastern Ukraine after pro-Russia separatists agreed to allow international police personnel to provide protection for investigators. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)

Malaysia: Rebels to let police secure MH17 site

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2014 12:26 pm

People ride a scooter past a destroyed pro-Russian fighters' APC near the city of Lisichansk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 26, 2014. Volunteers from the Donbas Battalion, a volunteer militia for a united Ukraine, told The Associated Press their units, along with the Ukrainian army, regained control of Lisichansk on Friday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk

AYSE WIETINGDAVID McHUGH · July 27, 2014 2:48 am

Dutch and Australian investigators examine pieces of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in the village of Rassipne, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

US: Russia is firing across border into Ukraine

David McHugh · July 25, 2014 11:07 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, July 17, 2014 mobile phone photo provided by Andrei Kashtanov, smoke rises from the site where a Malaysia Airlines commercial plane went down in eastern Ukraine. All 298 people aboard the Boeing 777 traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur were killed. (AP Photo/Andrei Kashtanov)

What happened? The day Flight 17 was downed

YURAS KARMANAUPETER LEONARD · July 25, 2014 7:53 pm

Russian execs fear lasting damage from plane crash

LAURA MILLSNATALIYA VASILYEVA · July 25, 2014 5:02 pm

File - This July 17, 2014, file photo show people walking amongst the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine. Ukraine said the passenger plane was shot down as it flew over the country, killing all 298 people on board. Aviation has suffered one of its worst weeks in memory, a cluster of disasters spanning three continents. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Dutch Safety Board: 1st ‘factual findings’ soon

Washington Examiner · July 25, 2014 3:02 pm

File - This July 17, 2014, file photo show people walking amongst the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine. Ukraine said the passenger plane was shot down as it flew over the country, killing all 298 people on board. Aviation has suffered one of its worst weeks in memory, a cluster of disasters spanning three continents. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Air travel a leap of faith for passengers

Washington Examiner · July 25, 2014 7:33 am

Planes with Ukraine bodies arrive in Netherlands

dmytro-vlasov · July 25, 2014 2:07 am

A forensic team recovers human remains among the wreckage of crashed TransAsia Airways flight GE222 on the outlying island of Penghu, Taiwan, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Stormy weather on the trailing edge of Typhoon Matmo was the likely cause of the plane crash that killed more than 40 people, the airline said Thursday. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Very bad week: Airline disasters come in a cluster

Washington Examiner · July 25, 2014 1:51 am

Beltway Confidential

With Russia on the rise, Hillary Clinton still thinks the ‘reset’ worked

Becket Adams · July 24, 2014 10:09 pm

A convoy of hearses bearing the remains of passengers and crew killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 makes its way along a highway near Boxtel, Netherlands, Thursday, July 24, 2014. The second flight of two military aircraft carrying remains of victims arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday. The bodies are to be taken to a military barracks in Hilversum, where a team of 25 forensic experts and dozens of support staff began working to identify remains Wednesday evening after coffins of the first flight arrived. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

Dutch sending unarmed police to Ukraine crash site

Mike Corder · July 24, 2014 8:56 pm