MH17 Archives –

Another Plane Goes Missing -116 Passengers On Board

Ezra Grant — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:18:54 +0000

Now this is really becoming ridiculous. An Air Algerie plane carrying 116 passengers lost contact with air traffic controllers about an hour after leaving Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso late Wednesday evening. Air Algerie Flight AH5017 was supposed to land in Algiers at about 5:00 a.m. At the time of its disappearance the flight would have been […]

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MH17 Black Boxes Arrive in Britain

Ezra Grant — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 12:56:16 +0000

The Independent reports that the black boxes recovered from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site have arrived in Britain and handed to investigators, it has been confirmed. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the flight recorders have been delivered to their headquarters in Farnborough, Hampshire on Wednesday, where experts will attempt to retrieve […]

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The Silly Season Gets Serious

Robert I. Grundfest — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:18:36 +0000

I took my talents to South Beach over the weekend for a relative’s surprise birthday party, and on the plane to and fro I had the opportunity to…think. Love airplane mode. Phones and tablets should have other modes, such as marriage mode, play-with-children mode, just-watch-one-screen mode, or perhaps physical media mode, where you would be […]

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Dutch Investigators Examine Bodies from MH-17 Crash Site – Video

Ezra Grant — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:35:16 +0000

Click to view video. BBC News is reporting that three Dutch investigators have examined bodies from the MH 17 plane crash. The bodies are stored in a refrigerated train by the crash site.

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Joe Scarborough Tells Big Lie On Television, Issues Small Apology on Twitter

Ezra Grant — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:22:59 +0000

There was a disagreement on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, between host Joe Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski. The discussion had to do with the downed MH17 flight in Ukraine and the way two American presidents handled the situation when planes were shot down during their administration. The presidents? Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan. Mika Brzezinski tried […]

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This Mother and Son Selfie Was Taken Aboard MH17 Before Plane Crashed

Ezra Grant — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:07:27 +0000

A few hours later the plane crashed in Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. According to the Mirror, 15-year-old Slok and his mother were travelling to Kuala Lumpur on a trip for single parents and their children.

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