UKRAINE authorities had been urged by civil aviation experts to close its airspace along the eastern corridor days before Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down killing all 298 onboard including 38 Australians, it has been claimed...
The revelation today comes as relatives of the victims of the air disaster accuse the Dutch of mishandling their investigation by failing to secure all the evidence as they push to sue both Malaysian Airlines and the Ukraine government.
The Sunday Times in London has reported that experts from Eurocontrol, the agency tasked with managing Europe’s air traffic, spoke privately to Ukraine authorities expressing fears about the airsafety due to ongoing hostilities in the east of the country along the Russian border.
They cited the apparent acquisition by the separatist rebels in the east of Ukraine of anti-aircraft weapons and also the capability to jam communication frequencies.
There had been widespread reporting of high tech Russian military hardware crossing the border to the rebel militia battalions.
Several airliners had voluntary chosen to reroute their flights including British Airways, but others like Malaysian Airlines did not........................ http://www.news.com.au/world/ukraine-was-warned-about-mh17/story-fndir2ev-1227147900697
7/12/14
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The revelation today comes as relatives of the victims of the air disaster accuse the Dutch of mishandling their investigation by failing to secure all the evidence as they push to sue both Malaysian Airlines and the Ukraine government.
The Sunday Times in London has reported that experts from Eurocontrol, the agency tasked with managing Europe’s air traffic, spoke privately to Ukraine authorities expressing fears about the airsafety due to ongoing hostilities in the east of the country along the Russian border.
They cited the apparent acquisition by the separatist rebels in the east of Ukraine of anti-aircraft weapons and also the capability to jam communication frequencies.
There had been widespread reporting of high tech Russian military hardware crossing the border to the rebel militia battalions.
Several airliners had voluntary chosen to reroute their flights including British Airways, but others like Malaysian Airlines did not........................ http://www.news.com.au/world/ukraine-was-warned-about-mh17/story-fndir2ev-1227147900697
7/12/14
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