The Guardian | Martin Rivers: Lessons from the 2014 Malaysian Airlines disaster were not heeded. Now 176 more people are dead On 7 January, one day before Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran, as commercial jets piled into the busy air corridor over neighbouring Iraq, I tweeted: I hope the lessons of MH17 are not being forgotten....

The decision was made after the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 with 298 people on board over eastern Ukraine followed by airstrike on ISIL strongholds in Iraq and Syria by the US and its allies. Irans civil aviation systems are expanding. The aim is to further handle soaring air traffic on the Islamic Republics airspace. More than ...

[caption id="attachment_116088" align="alignright" width="260"] A Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry member walks at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.[/caption] A senior Russian diplomat has seriously questioned the newly released Dutch investigation report on the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The number of flights by the UAE's Emirates Airline through the Iranian airspace will increase after Ukraine closed its airspace following the crash of Malaysia's MH17 flight, Deputy CEO for Aeronautical Operations at Iran Airports Company (IAC) Ebrahim Shoushtari announced on Saturday. "The Emirates Airline's daily flights (through ...

[caption id="attachment_108451" align="alignright" width="233"] The EU member states are likely to raise tensions with Vladimir Putin's Russia to heights not seen since the cold war. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev / RIA Novosti / Kremlin Pool/EPA[/caption] Measures against Moscow looking likely after shooting down of plane, though deep divisions remain ...

[caption id="attachment_107893" align="alignright" width="227"] A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER passenger plane (file photo)[/caption] An Iranian aviation official says the Islamic Republic is ready to open its skies to the passing international flights heading from northern Europe to East Asia after a Malaysian jet went down over eastern Ukraine....

TEHRAN, July 18 (MNA) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sent a message to Malaysian prime minister over MH17 plane crash. President Rouhani sent a message to Malaysian PM Najib Razak to share Iranians condolences with Malaysian people. In his message, Rouhani offered his sorrow over the tragic incident. Rouhani has also sympathized ...

London: A Malaysia Airlines plane en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has been shot down in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, claiming the lives of 298 passengers and crew, including 27 Australians. It was originally reported that 295 passengers and crew were on board the plane. However, Malaysia Airlines has updated the figures to 283 passengers ...