Ukraine: No reason to close airspace before MH17
9 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine: No reason to close airspace before MH17

NL Times  

According to Olexander Horin, the Ukrainian ambassador in the Netherlands, his country had no reason to close the airspace above the conflict area before the disaster with flight MH17. "We did not know that the separatists had weapons with a range of ten kilometers altitude", he said in an interview with the Telegraaf on Thursday. "Furthermore, everyone misjudged the situation by not linking the military conflict and the threat to civil aviation." In his country's defense, Horin points to the fact that the airspace over Syria and Iraq was closed only recently, after warnings of Russian cruise missiles.

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Ukraine invasion: European skies not for those who seek to brutally aggress, says EU on closing airspace to Russian airplanes
3 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine invasion: European skies not for those who seek to brutally aggress, says EU on closing airspace to Russian airplanes

Firstpost  

The moves by the European Union and Canada would put added pressure on the US to also bar Russian flights Europe and Canada said they would close their airspace to Russian airlines after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, raising the pressure on the United States to do the same. Robert Mann, an aviation consultant in New York, said the moves by …

Image shows empty airspace over Ukraine and its border with Russia
3 years, 1 month ago

Image shows empty airspace over Ukraine and its border with Russia

CNN  

CNN — The airspace over Ukraine and its border with Russia is empty, according to flight tracking websites, with heavy air traffic apparently avoiding the region as evening set in on Thursday, local time. Images from ADS-B Exchange showed no aircraft over Ukraine, though the open-source site cannot display tracking data from aircraft operating in the area with the location …

As Ukraine stops flights, here's how European airspace looks with huge hole
3 years, 1 month ago

As Ukraine stops flights, here's how European airspace looks with huge hole

Hindustan Times  

With Ukraine closing its airspace off following Russia's full-blown attack on Thursday, several hundreds of flights had to be cancelled and diverted creating a huge hold in the east European airspace. According to reports, the airspace closure led to a 1,000-mile hole in east European airspace, as seen on flight tracker Flight Radar. Passengers, please, check the availability of relevant …

Flight radar shows how ALL commercial aircraft are avoiding skies over Ukraine, Belarus and Russia
3 years, 1 month ago

Flight radar shows how ALL commercial aircraft are avoiding skies over Ukraine, Belarus and Russia

Daily Mail  

Dozens of flights are diverting their routes around Ukraine after airspace was closed following Russia's all-out invasion earlier this morning. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said earlier that airspace in those two countries, within 100 nautical miles of their borders with Ukraine, could also pose safety risks. Dozens of flights are diverting their routes around Ukraine after airspace was …

Ukraine invasion redraws airline route map, planes avoid airspace
3 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine invasion redraws airline route map, planes avoid airspace

Al Jazeera  

Planes, crews are stranded in Kyiv, and airlines skirt Ukraine’s airspace as Russia invasion continues. Airlines scrambled to adapt to conflict in Europe on Thursday as Ukraine closed its airspace, fuel prices soared, and carriers were urged to “exercise caution” deep inside Russia hours after Moscow’s military invaded Ukraine. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said Ukraine’s skies and airspace …

Airspace closed in Ukraine, western Russia as Putin orders attack
3 years, 1 month ago

Airspace closed in Ukraine, western Russia as Putin orders attack

Al Jazeera  

Moves come after President Putin announced a ‘special military operation’ in the Donbas region. “The use of airspace on Russia’s western border with Ukraine and Belarus has been temporarily suspended due to the high threat to the safety of flights of civilian aircraft after the use of weapons and military equipment,” a Notice to Airmen or Notice to Air Missions …

Ukraine warned months in advance that MH17 flight route was dangerous
3 years, 6 months ago

Ukraine warned months in advance that MH17 flight route was dangerous

NL Times  

Ukraine signaled to European countries and aviation organization Eurocontrol several months before the devastating crash of the MH17 flight that the flight space was not safe. In the report, it was stated that Ukraine could no longer guarantee aircrafts safe passage over the Ukrainian air space, due to ongoing conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels. Three months before the …

Dutch government urged to look at role of Ukraine in MH17 disaster
5 years, 5 months ago

Dutch government urged to look at role of Ukraine in MH17 disaster

Dutch News  

Dutch MPs have urged foreign minister Stef Blok to look again at the role of Ukraine in the MH17 plane disaster, particularly at why Ukrainian air space had not been closed. During a debate on the tragedy, in which 298 people died, MPs called on Blok to find out why the Malaysia Airlines plane was able to fly over Ukraine …

Netherlands may also hold Ukraine accountable for MH17
6 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands may also hold Ukraine accountable for MH17

NL Times  

Minister Stef Blok of Foreign Affairs does not rule out that in the future the Netherlands will also hold Ukraine accountable for its role in the MH17 disaster. "There is no concrete legal ground for this, but the cabinet does not rule anything out", he said in a parliamentary debate on the government's decision to hold Russia accountable for its …

MH17 crash: Ukraine says it adhered to ICAO recommendations
9 years, 5 months ago

MH17 crash: Ukraine says it adhered to ICAO recommendations

India TV News  

Kiev: Ukraine has fulfilled all safety recommendations made by the International Civil Aviation Organisation at the time of crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in July 2014, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Gennady Zubko said on Tuesday. When asked why Kiev had not banned commercial flights over the conflict-torn eastern regions, Zubko said that Ukraine was "gradually closing" its airspace …

MH17: Ukraine defends not closing airspace where Malaysia Airlines plane shot down
9 years, 5 months ago

MH17: Ukraine defends not closing airspace where Malaysia Airlines plane shot down

ABC  

Ukraine has defended its decision not to close airspace in the east of the country where a Malaysian passenger plane was shot down, saying it was unaware that anti-aircraft weapons were being used in the area and that planes could be under threat. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch …

Buk missile brought down MH17, airspace should have been closed
9 years, 5 months ago

Buk missile brought down MH17, airspace should have been closed

Dutch News  

Flight MH17 was brought down by a Buk missile made by Russia, the Dutch safety board which is investigating the cause of the accident, said on Tuesday. ‘We are talking about a 9N314M missile which was fired by a Buk launcher,’ OVV chairman Tjibbe Joustra said. ‘But despite this information, Ukraine did not close the airspace.’ According to the report, …

Buk missile brought down MH17, airspace should have been closed
9 years, 5 months ago

Buk missile brought down MH17, airspace should have been closed

Dutch News  

Flight MH17 was brought down by a Buk missile made by Russia, the Dutch safety board which is investigating the cause of the accident, said on Tuesday. ‘We are talking about a 9N314M missile which was fired by a Buk launcher,’ OVV chairman Tjibbe Joustra said. ‘But despite this information, Ukraine did not close the airspace.’ According to the report, …

Safety Board on MH17: Airspace above Ukraine should have been closed
9 years, 5 months ago

Safety Board on MH17: Airspace above Ukraine should have been closed

NL Times  

The disaster with Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 should never have happened. Dutch Safety Board chairman Tjibbe Joustra said this to the victims' survivors on Tuesday morning, NRC reports. On Tuesday morning some 600 survivors were the first to be informed about the Safety Board's findings in the investigation into the disaster that cost 298 lives on July 17th last year. …

Airlines not a topic at pre-MH17 Ukraine meeting
9 years, 9 months ago

Airlines not a topic at pre-MH17 Ukraine meeting

NL Times  

The safety of airlines was not mentioned once during the diplomatic meeting in Kiev three days before flight MH17 was shot down. An anti-aircraft device that can shoot high enough to hit civilian aircraft was discussed for the first time during this meeting. "In my recollection no one of the Ukrainian government warned that civilian aircraft was in danger at …

Dutch were aware of Ukraine airspace risks before MH17: claim
9 years, 11 months ago

Dutch were aware of Ukraine airspace risks before MH17: claim

Dutch News  

The Dutch foreign affairs and defence ministries were aware that Russian ground to air missiles were in eastern Ukraine three days before flight MH17 was shot down, according to television current affairs programme Argos. A report on a diplomatic briefing in Kiev on July 14, written by a Dutch diplomat, states that Ukraine warned officials of the danger in Ukrainian …

Dutch were aware of Ukraine airspace risks before MH17: claim
9 years, 11 months ago

Dutch were aware of Ukraine airspace risks before MH17: claim

Dutch News  

The Dutch foreign affairs and defence ministries were aware that Russian ground to air missiles were in eastern Ukraine three days before flight MH17 was shot down, according to television current affairs programme Argos. A report on a diplomatic briefing in Kiev on July 14, written by a Dutch diplomat, states that Ukraine warned officials of the danger in Ukrainian …

Gov't: no knowledge of passenger jet threat pre-MH17
10 years, 1 month ago

Gov't: no knowledge of passenger jet threat pre-MH17

NL Times  

The Dutch government had no information about a specific threat against passenger aircraft flying over eastern Ukraine at an altitude above 9.7 kilometers, the Cabinet wrote in response to Chamber questions regarding the disaster with flight MH17. On July 14th, 2014, three days before the disaster, there was a meeting that a Dutch diplomat attended. During the meeting it was …

No reason to tell airlines about Ukraine airspace risks: ministers
10 years, 2 months ago

No reason to tell airlines about Ukraine airspace risks: ministers

Dutch News  

There was no reason to warn airlines about safety issues in Ukrainian airspace in the days prior to the MH17 crash, security minister Ivo Opstelten said on Friday. There were no ‘valid details’ which required passing on to airlines, Opstelten told reporters shortly before the weekly cabinet meeting. Foreign minister Bert Koenders also told reporters there was no reason to …

No reason to tell airlines about Ukraine airspace risks: ministers
10 years, 2 months ago

No reason to tell airlines about Ukraine airspace risks: ministers

Dutch News  

There was no reason to warn airlines about safety issues in Ukrainian airspace in the days prior to the MH17 crash, security minister Ivo Opstelten said on Friday. There were no ‘valid details’ which required passing on to airlines, Opstelten told reporters shortly before the weekly cabinet meeting. Foreign minister Bert Koenders also told reporters there was no reason to …

Government knew Ukraine airspace dangers
10 years, 2 months ago

Government knew Ukraine airspace dangers

NL Times  

The Ukrainian government did inform the Dutch government about the dangerous situation in the country's airspace before Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down while flying near the Ukraine-Russia border. The Dutch government however did not pass the information forward to the airlines, according to several ministers' responses to parliamentary questions. The purpose of the meeting was not to warn …

Dutch security service watchdog to investigate MH17 airspace claims
10 years, 2 months ago

Dutch security service watchdog to investigate MH17 airspace claims

Dutch News  

The Dutch security service regulator is trying to establish exactly what the AIVD and MIVD secret services knew about the situation in eastern Ukraine, prior to the MH17 crash, the NRC reports. The watchdog, known as the CTIVD, was asked to investigate by home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk and defence minister Jeanine Hennis at the end of November. The OVV …

Dutch security service watchdog to investigate MH17 airspace claims
10 years, 2 months ago

Dutch security service watchdog to investigate MH17 airspace claims

Dutch News  

The Dutch security service regulator is trying to establish exactly what the AIVD and MIVD secret services knew about the situation in eastern Ukraine, prior to the MH17 crash, the NRC reports. The watchdog, known as the CTIVD, was asked to investigate by home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk and defence minister Jeanine Hennis at the end of November. The OVV …

Ukrainian airspace should've been shut in May: report
10 years, 2 months ago

Ukrainian airspace should've been shut in May: report

NL Times  

Civil airspace over eastern Ukraine should have been closed at least two months before a missile brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, aviation experts said this weekend. “It is now known that there were dogfights taking place over eastern Ukraine, so it appears that the conflict was greater than it appeared at the time,” Voorbach said. Looking in hindsight at …

MH17: How did the conflict in Ukraine start?
10 years, 8 months ago

MH17: How did the conflict in Ukraine start?

ABC  

The region where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down is at the heart of a conflict that has been raging for months. Ukraine has been in turmoil since November 2013, when its Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych walked away from a free-trade deal with the European Union and instead sought closer economic ties with Russia. A map showing the situation …

MH17 disaster: Why airlines didn't avoid risky Ukraine airspace
10 years, 8 months ago

MH17 disaster: Why airlines didn't avoid risky Ukraine airspace

Firstpost  

Aviation expert Norman Shanks said many airlines continued to fly over Ukraine despite warnings because it offered a shorter route that saved money on fuel. In the hours after Thursday’s disaster involving a Malaysia Airlines jet, carriers around the globe began rerouting flights to avoid Ukraine. “You wonder a little bit about Malaysia Airlines, if that’s true.” Violence in Ukraine …

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