Emirates stops flights over Iraq following MH17 crash July 28, 2014 Emirates Airline has said that it is stopping flights over Iraq because of Islamic militants on the ground. In an interview with the BBC, it said that was taking “precautionary measures” and "working on alternative routing plans for flights using Iraqi airspace". The decision was made following the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight [...]
Malaysia Airlines considers name change after flight MH17 and MH370 plane disasters July 27, 2014 Beleaguered carrier Malaysia Airlines could change its name as part of its reinvention after suffering two plane disasters within months of each other. Hugh Dunleavy, the airline’s commercial director, writing in the Sunday Telegraph said: "Our majority shareholder, the Malaysian government, has already started a process of assessing the future shape of our business and [...]
London Report: FTSE rises as rebels move to hand over MH17 black boxes July 22, 2014 THE UK’S top equity index rallied yesterday, lifted by technology group ARM, which rose after posting higher profits. The FTSE 100 added 66.90 points or 0.99 per cent to 6,795.34, while other global markets also moved higher on news that pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine had complied with western requests to hand over the black box [...]
MH17 plane crash: Russia sanctions will hit City Cameron warns July 21, 2014 David Cameron and George Osborne have warned the City of London to brace itself for a financial hit as they prepare to push for tough financial sanctions on Russia in the aftermath of the MH17 disaster. Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, the Prime Minister referred to the downing of the Malaysian airlines flight, [...]
Ukraine rebels hand over black boxes from MH17 flight to Malaysian officials July 21, 2014 Pro-Russian militants have handed over the two black boxes from the downed MH17 aircraft to Malaysian officials. After an agreement with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday evening, separatist leader Aleksander Borodai signed them over to the Malaysian experts at a meeting in the eastern Ukranian city of Donetsk. A number of reporters were [...]
Train with bodies from MH17 leaves crash site as all eyes turn to Europe July 21, 2014 A train carrying the bodies from the Malaysian Airlines MH17 flight left the crash site on Monday evening and will be handed over to the Dutch authorities, according to the Malaysian Prime Minister. Prime Minister Najib Razak said that he had reached a deal with pro-Russian rebels controlling the area where the plane was downed [...]
EU still divided over Russian sanctions following MH17 crash July 21, 2014 On Tuesday, EU leaders will meet in person to discuss possible sanctions on Russia following the crash of flight MH17 into rebel-held territory in the east of Ukraine. Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande have already agreed over the phone that Russia must give investigators and aid [...]
Fresh sanctions expected as West blames Putin’s Russia for MH17 crash July 21, 2014 Western governments yesterday warned that a more severe round of sanctions could be imposed against the Russian government, with heads of state increasingly blaming Moscow for supplying the missile which brought down a Malaysian airlines jet last week. Foreign secretary Philip Hammond, who has held the post for less than a week, said yesterday that [...]
There will be more Putins – and more Flight MH17s – if Europe fails to act now July 21, 2014 “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain” – The Wizard in L Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz In her able, forthright way, Hillary Clinton has just painfully called Europe’s bluff. Speaking just after the horrific details of the Malaysian plane disaster became clear – where it looks increasingly likely that murderously clueless [...]
Russia faces further sanctions as international horror over MH17 plane crash deepens July 20, 2014 Pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin intensified as the international horror over the treatment of the bodies at the crash site of the downed MH17 Malaysia Airlines jet deepened. US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday expressed his fury at the "really grotesque" mishandling of the victims of the tragedy, calling on Russia to take [...]