Commitment to credible judicial process
PUTRAJAYA: As the world marked the 6th year of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17’s tragic incident yesterday, Malaysia reiterated its commitment, as part of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), to a judicial process that is conducted in a credible and transparent manner, for justice to prevail. In a statement issued yesterday in remembrance of the downing […]
Will the victims have justice?
DOWNING OF MH17 KUALA LUMPUR: Six years have passed and the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 next-of-kin (NOK) are still waiting for justice to be served. Since the downing of the jetliner on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board including 15 crew members, one question remains in their minds ― why did it happen? The international media has reported that […]
US plane crash in Georgia kills family of five
NEW YORK: Five members from the same family were killed in a plane crash in the state of Georgia, according to local media Saturday. The family was traveling to a funeral in the state of Indiana on a Piper 31T twin-engine turboprop aircraft, reported Anadolu Agency. The pilot and owner of the plane, Larry Ray Pruitt, his wife and […]
Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash that killed 97
KARACHI, Pakistan: One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people has described jumping from the burning wreckage of the aircraft after it hurtled into a residential neighbourhood. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane came down among houses on Friday after both engines failed as it approached Karachi […]
12 killed in Kazakhstan plane crash
ALMATY (Kazakhstan): Twelve people died and dozens were injured yesterday when a passenger plane carrying 100 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Kazakhstan’s largest city and slammed into a house, officials said. A video released by the Central Asian country’s emergencies committee showed the plane operated by budget carrier Bek Air split into pieces with […]
