Tag: Malaysia Airlines

• Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 04:33 UTC

  It's official: wing segment is from the missing Malaysia airlines Flight MH370

  

  Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed on Wednesday that a Boeing 777 wing segment discovered in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is from the missing Flight MH370, the first real breakthrough in the search for the plane that disappeared 17 months ago.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:09 UTC

  Malaysia Airlines 'technically bankrupt' contracts 'Terminator' to restructure the company

  

  Malaysia Airlines is “technically bankrupt”, its chief executive has said, as he announced a restructuring program and plans to cut about 6,000 jobs. The announcement follows the twin air disasters which forced its nationalization last year.

• Friday, July 18th 2014 - 08:27 UTC

  Today we are all Malaysians: ICTP Chairman issues statement

  

  ”The World travel and tourism industry must come together and take leadership after the Malaysia Airlines (MH17) incident.” This is the opinion voiced by Juergen Thomas Steinmetz, Chairman of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP).

• Friday, July 18th 2014 - 05:39 UTC

  Malaysia jet killing 298 was apparently downed by Ukrainian separatists

  

  A suspected Russian-made surface-to-air missile downed a Malaysia Airlines jet in a separatist-controlled corner of eastern Ukraine on Thursday, prompting the Kiev government to denounce an “act of terror” that killed all 298 people on board.

• Tuesday, March 25th 2014 - 09:25 UTC

  Malaysia officially declares that Flight MH370 crashed in the Indian Ocean

  

  The Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared over two weeks ago crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Najib Razak announced on Monday. New satellite analysis from Britain had shown that Flight MH370, with 239 people on board, was last seen in the middle of the Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia, he said in a statement.