Jan 22 NTSB makes technology suggestions so lost planes can be found By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Recommendations were prompted in part by the disappearance of Malaysia flight 370 carrying 239 passengers and crew last March. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch News Wrap: CO2 levels hit record high in 2013, finds UN report By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 09 Malaysia Airlines to be bought out by government By Xander Landen The Malaysian government announced its plans to take financial control over Malaysia Airlines on Friday, in an effort to reinvigorate a company that had been struggling even before it faced two major crises--the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine and… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch News Wrap: Investigators find remains of more MH17 victims By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a team of 70 international investigators combed through the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, locating some of the remains of as many as 80 victims. Nearby, fighting raged between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian… Continue watching
Aug 01 FAA issues new restrictions on flights over Iraq By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting U.S. airlines from flying at or below 30,000 feet over Iraq because of what it calls “the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict” there. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch News Wrap: Ukraine suspends offensive to allow investigators access to MH17 remains By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 24 FAA reverses ban on U.S. flights to and from Tel Aviv By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted its ban on U.S. flights in and out of Israel. The end of the ban, which the agency had imposed out of concern for the risk of planes being hit by Hamas… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch News Wrap: First MH17 crash victims are returned to the Netherlands By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, two aircrafts ferried the first of the victims from MH17 back to the Netherlands, home country of 193 of the 298 people killed in the crash. Also, a Trans-Asia Airways plane crashed in a storm… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Deputy National Security advisor discusses Mideast cease-fire efforts, Russia sanctions By PBS News Hour Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes says U.S. intelligence has confirmed that the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 originated in Ukrainian territory controlled by pro-Russian rebels, but that Russia is not yet absolved of complicity. He joins… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch News Wrap: MH17 victims reach first stop on journey home By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, five days after a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, the remains of 200 of the 298 victims are awaiting transportation to the Netherlands. Neil Connery of Independent Television News reports from… Continue watching