Tag Archives: Missing jet

Bottom of the Sea, “Homeland” Panned

Monday, December 29, 2014

Missing Jet: Investigators have no idea what happened to the missing AirAsia jetliner with 162 people on board. Some unidentified debris has been spotted. The head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said at a news conference in Jakarta, “Based …

Crimea Votes, Plane Search Day 9

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Ukraine: Russian troops flown in by helicopter seized a natural gas terminal and a village just over the Crimean border inside Ukraine yesterday. There were no reports of shots fired.  Russian-occupied Crimea is voting today on whether to secede from …

Plane Flew 7 Hours, Iconic Sailor Dies

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Flight 370: The missing Malaysian airlines jet was deliberately diverted from its course and flew for at least seven hours, prime minister Najib Razak said today. The plane bound from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is now believed to have taken …

Fatal Airbag Failures, Jet Flew On

Friday, March 14, 2014

Fatal Failure: A new review of federal crash data reveals that 303 people died as a result of failed airbags in General Motors cars during the same 10-year period when GM was also failing to acknowledge problems with finicky ignition …

Flight 370: Conflicting Reports Denied

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Flight 370: Confusing and conflicting reports continue to leak from the investigation into the missing Malaysian airlines jet. Reports that a Chinese satellite spotted debris off Vietnam, and that the plane flew for hours after it went silent, both are …

Search in Confusion, Feinstein Blasts CIA

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Flight 370: The search for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet appears to be in disarray as authorities have given conflicting reports about whether the plane took a hard left turn off course. The jet with 239 people on board should …

No Terror Link, Obama Between Ferns

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Flight 370: Authorities say the two men who boarded the missing Malaysian Airlines jet with stolen passports are unlikely to have links to terrorism. One was a 19-year-old Iranian flying to Germany to meet his mother, they said.   Searchers …

Without a Trace, Dead Again

Monday, March 10, 2014

Lost Flight: Malaysian authorities say they have identified one of two men who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines flight using false identification, but are not revealing who the man was. They said he is not Malaysian and not from the …

Wreckage Spotted, Russia Moves Troops

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Mystery Plane: Vietnamese search aircraft spotted pieces of wreckage believed to be from the missing Malaysian Airlines 777 jetliner.  They reported no evidence of survivors.   Investigators say two passengers boarded with stolen passports. The passports belonged to an Austrian man …

Malaysian Jet Down, Ukraine Gas Bill Due

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Plane Down: Searchers found a 12-mile long oil slick between Vietnam and Malaysia today, indicating that a missing Malaysia Airlines jet went down yesterday in the Gulf of Thailand. The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing …