With debris of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 still covering the crash site in eastern Ukraine, the investigation of the July 17, 2014 tragedy is surrounded by secrecy. RT talked to international experts and the victims’ families, still waiting for answers.… Read the rest
Tag: air disaster
Hacker explains to FBI how he steered airliner mid-flight
A computer security expert has revealed that he accessed aircraft control systems on up to 20 occasions, according to an FBI search warrant.
The founder of One World Labs, Chris Roberts, was detained for questioning and had his hardware confiscated … Read the rest
Germanwings investigation is hardly conclusive
Christine Negroni is an aviation journalist and safety specialist who is writing a book on aviation mysteries to be published by Penguin in 2016.
Negroni says the evidence so far shows first officer Andreas Lubitz deliberately flew the plane to … Read the rest
French president declares contents of second black box missing
French President François Hollande said the contents of a second black box found on Wednesday were missing as investigators managed to extract audio recordings from the first flight recorder recovered from Germanwings flight 4U9525.
French investigators say they have succeeded … Read the rest
More than 140 believed dead in latest air disaster
A passenger plane flying from Barcelona to Düsseldorf has crashed in a remote and mountainous area of southern France, officials have confirmed.
The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, said he fears between 142 and 150 people have been killed.
The … Read the rest
Former pilots speak out on latest MH17 claims
As the investigation into the MH17 tragedy continues in eastern Ukraine, the SU-25’s chief designer has told German media that the fighter jet could not possibly have taken down the passenger plane. RT spoke to former pilots about the jet’s … Read the rest
German intel report on MH17 contradicts Western version
The German BND foreign intelligence agency’s new report on the Boeing crash in Ukraine in fact contradicts the Western version on the causes of the tragedy. On Monday this opinion was voiced by Alexey Pushkov, the head of the foreign-affairs … Read the rest
German sanctions against Russia voted on pure speculation
A German parliamentarian, who is also chairman of the German Defense Committee and former member of the Yugoslavian OCSE, says the German government had no idea whether MH17 was actually shot down.
Alexander Neu, during an interview for Rossiya Segodnya, … Read the rest
Dutch foreign minister says MH17 victim wore oxygen mask
A passenger of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was found with an oxygen mask over the mouth when the body was recovered from the crash site, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said on Wednesday.
Timmermans’ statement came in response … Read the rest
German company to pay for MH17 info
Germany’s fraud investigation company Wifka is ready to pay $30 million for the information on those behind the shootdown of the Malaysian Airlines MH17 flight in eastern Ukraine on July 17, the company said on its website on Wednesday.
The … Read the rest
Russia to request UN report on MH17 air disaster
Russia is planning to request an official report on the progress of the investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said Monday.
“We will ask for a briefing by the … Read the rest
International experts have still not arrived at MH17 crash scene
The international community has been accusing the anti-Kiev forces on the ground of mishandling bodies and evidence at the crash site.
A day earlier a spokesperson from the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Aleksandr Borodai, accused the international community of lacking … Read the rest