Tag: Flight MH17

During the traditional APEC ‘silly shirts’ family photo, Abbott and Putin appeared to avoid direct eye contact, despite standing barely a metre apart.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott met with British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Iraq and the situation in the Ukraine.

Investigators trying to retrieve evidence from the MH17 crash site have been forced to stop work as fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine.

Australian airline Qantas will not follow suite and change their flight path to avoid Iraq as Emmirates have done.

Australia is pushing for full international access to the rebel-controlled MH17 crash site in Ukraine while sending in specialists for the investigation.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says the bodies of the MH17 victims, including those from Australia, will be transferred to the Netherlands as soon as possible.

Tribute: As flags around the nation fly at half-mast we honour the victims of flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine, who called Australia home.

As questions are asked about why shot down flight MH17 was allowed to fly over Ukraine's war torn region, Qantas says they altered their flight paths over the area months ago.

Scientific community reels at reports that HIV researchers and activists headed for AIDS conference in Australia were on Malaysia Airlines flight shot-down over Ukraine.

Australian prime minister says perpetrators of MH17 disaster in Ukraine must be brought to justice and orders flags to be flown at half-mast.

Authorities confirm Australians on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 downed over Ukraine.