Tag: Malaysian Airlines

Families: investigation found MH17 downed from pro-Russia rebel held territory

  (REUTERS)  International prosecutors investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner two years ago have concluded it was shot down by a Russian-made missile fired from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, victims’ family members said on Wednesday. Families were informed of the prosecutors’ findings shortly before a news conference was due to start in the central Dutch city of Nieuwegein on the outcome of the investigation. A surface-to-air missile hit Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on […]

Hope endures for some relatives of MH370

  Beijing, China (AFP)—Distrust, disbelief, despair: two years after their loved ones vanished, many Chinese relatives of those on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 still refuse to believe they are somewhere at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. The unique circumstances of the disaster — including conflicting initial accounts, an inconclusive search and a backdrop of skepticism all contribute to their insistence, specialists say. For many Chinese families, the impact of the disaster was magnified […]

Part of missing Malaysian Airlines plane found in Africa

KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia – A part of a Boeing 777 similar to the missing MH370 of the Malaysian Airlines was sent to Malaysia. According to United States officials, the horizontal stabilizer skin was found in Mozambique, Africa. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Malaysia says Indian Ocean airplane debris is part of a Boeing 777

(Reuters) — Malaysia said on Sunday that airplane debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has been identified as being from a Boeing 777, the same model as a Malaysian Airlines plane which vanished last year. Experts hope the 2-2.5 meter (6.5-8 feet) wing surface, known as a flaperon, and a fragment of luggage also found on Reunion could yield clues on the fate of Flight MH370, which disappeared without trace […]

Two-week search for Malaysian jet finds only frustration and suspicion

BY  Michael Martina and A. Ananthalakshmi (Reuters) – Two weeks after a Malaysia Airlines airliner went missing with 239 people on board, officials are bracing for the “long haul” as searches by more than two dozen countries turn up little but frustration and fresh questions. The international team hunting Flight MH370 in the remote southern Indian Ocean yielded no results on Friday, and Australia’s deputy prime minister said suspected debris there may have sunk. Aircraft and ships have renewed […]

Malaysia Airlines plane missing at sea off Vietnam, presumed crashed

(Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing off the Vietnamese coast on Saturday and was presumed to have crashed. There were no reports of bad weather and no sign why theBoeing 777-200ER would have vanished from radar screens about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. There were no signs of sabotage nor claims of a terrorist attack. However, in Europe, news reports and officials […]

China “very worried” about missing Malaysian plane, says China’s Foreign Minister

  (Reuters) — China is very worried over a Beijing-bound passenger plane that has lost contact with air traffic control, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday (March 8). A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew lost contact with air traffic controllers early on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the airline said in a statement. China’s state television CCTV said 160 Chinese nationals were onboard the flight. China has launched an emergency mechanism after Malaysian flight carrying 160 Chinese […]