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Russia's Ukraine jet claim
A senior Russian officer has claimed that a Ukrainian military jet was flying just a few kilometres from the Malaysian Airlines plane minutes before it was downed.
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Psychologist: MH370 worse than MH17
Auckland psychologist Grant Amos believes the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in March proved more troubling to nervous passengers.
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MH17: Shaken cabin crew pull out
A source has told the Herald the latest disaster to strike Malaysia Airlines has left some crew too scared to fly.
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Malaysia Airlines speculation grows
Malaysia Airlines shares halted their dramatic slide yesterday but speculation about the airline's future grew.
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MH17: Blame and sanctions on the agenda
European Union foreign ministers meet in Brussels today, facing the challenge of proving Russia's role in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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MH17: Australia unites to demand action
Australia continued to spearhead international demands yesterday for Russian-backed rebels to allow unrestricted access to the MH17 crash site.
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Claims of looting at crash site add to grief for victims' families
Families of MH17 victims have urgently cancelled their loved ones' credit cards and mobile phones amid reports of looting at the crash site.
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Editorial: MH17- stop asking and start doing
Four days after Malaysia Airlines' Flight 17 was shot down, the families of the 298 people on board can only wonder what is happening to the remains of their loved ones.
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Abbott calls families of MH17 victims
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has started the sensitive task of contacting the families of the 37 Australian citizens and residents killed in the MH17 disaster.
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MH17: Dad on leave after kids killed
The father of three Australian children killed on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has taken indefinite leave from his job as head of Buxton Resources.
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NZ diplomat sent to monitor MH17 investigation
A New Zealand diplomat from Moscow has been sent to Kiev to monitor an investigation into the Malaysia Air disaster, Prime Minister John Key says.
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MH17 bodies loaded onto train by rebels
192 bodies found after MH17 crashed to the ground have been bundled into black body bags and loaded into large refrigerated train cars, bound for the rebel heartland.
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Plane off its usual path in storms: pilot
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was guided off its most recently used course as its pilots hoped to avoid thunderstorms brewing in the south of Ukraine, it's been claimed.
![Tragedy of Flight MH17](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Tragedy of Flight MH17
We remember the victims of flight MH17 as the investigation continues into exactly who is responsible for the tragedy.
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'My boy died in the sky'
A Dutch couple coming to New Zealand to visit their Taupo-based daughter on a "trip of a lifetime" were among those killed on MH17.
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Friends mourn former Queenstown man
A popular former Auckland and Queenstown restaurateur was on board the ill-fated Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.
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MH17: NZ citizen named
The sole New Zealand citizen on board the ill-fated MH17 flight has been remembered as a "warm, creative and generous" person.
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NZ calls for protection of crash site
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says New Zealand has used a special sitting of the UN Security Council to call for a full investigation into the crash of flight MH17.
![MH17: Is there a cover-up?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
MH17: Is there a cover-up?
Evidence is mounting that pro-Russian separatists were responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
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Double tragedy for Australian family
An Australian family has been hit by both Malaysia Airlines tragedies.
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'He was a top bloke'
Two Newcastle United fans on their way to New Zealand to see their football team's pre-season games were among the victims of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.
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The scene is horrendous - NZ journo
New Zealand journalist Alexi O'Brien this morning described the scene as horrendous. O'Brien is in the Ukraine for Al Jazeera.
![MH17: A heartbreaking image](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
MH17: A heartbreaking image
A single image proved especially poignant; a passenger’s travel book and holiday novel strewn on the grass.
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Thugs knew jet wasn't military: expert
Auckland aviation expert Irene King says the "thugs" who shot down the Malaysian airliner will never get away with claiming they thought their target was military.
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US swears hell to pay if Russia to blame
Tensions are ramping up between two global super powers after a Malaysia Airlines passenger flight was shot down over Ukraine.
![Editorial: High time airlines took their heads out of the clouds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Editorial: High time airlines took their heads out of the clouds
A fate as horrific as that of the 298 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 invites a thorough rethinking of a number of cherished notions.
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MH17: Aussie trio among youngest victims
A Western Australia family is mourning the cruel loss of three children who were travelling with their grandfather on the doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
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'He'll be home tomorrow'
"We have every expectation our son will be getting off a plane in Wellington tomorrow," says Wendy Ayley, mother of Otaki man Robert Ayley, who was on flight MH17.
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Flying over war zones: 'It's cheaper'
Airlines were warned in April to avoid airspace over Ukraine, but experts suggest they preferred to save money on fuel.