Tag: malaysia airlines
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Major international airline to land daily in Adelaide
Malaysia Airlines is set to operate its Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur service daily from February 2, 2026, adding another 60,000 seats per year to the route. A new aircraft, the A330neo, would travel the route, with the airline announcing that the plan was configured with 28 business class and 269 economy class seats, including 24…
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Malaysia says MH370 search must resume 10 years on
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Six passengers were Australian. Malaysian investigators initially did not rule out the possibility that the aircraft had been deliberately taken off course, and debris, some confirmed and some believed to be from…
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Govt says Russia responsible for shooting down passenger jet
International prosecutors said in the Netherlands overnight there were “strong indications” the Russian president gave his consent to the use in Ukraine of the weaponry which took down the airliner in eastern Ukraine in 2014. However proof of his involvement and that of other Russian officials is not concrete enough to merit criminal conviction and…
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Fugitive trio handed life sentences for downing MH17
A fourth man was acquitted. MH17 was a passenger flight that was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew including 38 Australians. “Only the most severe punishment is fitting to retaliate for what the suspects have done, which has caused so much suffering to so many victims…
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Murder charges over MH17 downing a “relief”: Bishop
298 people including 38 Australians died on July 17, 2014, when their plane was downed as it flew over a part of eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russia separatists. “I welcome this progress in the investigation of the shooting down of MH17 with the naming of these four individuals to be prosecuted for their role in…