Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 -- News Updates July 18, 2014

World Leaders Demand Answers After Airliner Downed Over Ukraine With 298 Dead -- Reuters

(Reuters) - World leaders demanded an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board over eastern Ukraine in a tragedy that could mark a pivotal moment in the worst crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War.

As Ukraine sought to rally international support against Russia, two U.S. officials said Washington strongly suspected the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 was downed by a missile fired by Ukrainian separatists backed by Moscow.

There were no survivors from Thursday's crash, the deadliest such attack on a commercial airliner, which scattered wreckage and bodies across miles of rebel-held territory near the border with Russia.

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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 -- News Updates July 18, 2014

Live News on Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed near Ukraine-Russia border -- Reuters
MH17 Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine - updates -- BBC
Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in Ukraine LIVE UPDATES -- RT
MH17 crash: US ambassador to UN says plane likely downed by missile – live updates -- The Guardian
Flight MH17 Live: Putin calls for peace, urges Ukraine's warring sides to lay down arms -- First Post
MH17: 'Russian support for separatists to blame': Live -- The Telegraph

MH17 air crash: Battle for control of disaster inquiry -- BBC
MH17 crash: Ukraine rebels 'to allow access to site' -- BBC
Lavrov: Russia won’t take control of Malaysian plane’s black boxes. - RT
Rescuers Recover Second Black Box From Malaysia Airlines Crash in East Ukraine -- RIA Novosti
Ukraine's emergency services find two black boxes at crash site: Interfax -- Reuters
U.S. concerned about delay in probing Malaysian plane crash site: official -- Reuters
U.S. FBI, transport investigators headed to Ukraine after crash -- Reuters
Pro-Russian rebels welcome OSCE, Kiev experts at crash site -- Reuters
Ukraine searchers comb sunflowers for plane debris -- AP

Accusations, blame fly as investigators seek answers in MH17 crash -- CNN
Initial U.S. assessment: Pro-Russian rebels fired missile that downed Malaysia jet -- Washington Post
U.S., U.K. Link Russia to Downed Malaysian Plane as UN Meets -- Bloomberg
US believes pro-Russia rebels likely shot down jet -- AFP
US: Can't rule out Russian role in plane downing -- AP
U.S. cannot rule out Russian help downing plane in Ukraine -- Reuters

Russia faults Ukraine for letting flight through -- AP
Ukrainian Buk battery radar was operational when Malaysian plane downed - Moscow -- RT
Russia Denies Role in Downing of Airliner -- New York Times
Malaysian Airliner Disaster in Ukraine Must Be Investigated Objectively – Putin -- RIA Novosti

World Leaders Match Anger With Calls for Inquiry Into Ukraine Plane Crash -- NYT
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash: world demands answers from Russia -- The Guardian
U.N. Security Council calls for independent probe on downed plane -- Reuters
UN demands crash probe as first monitors reach Ukraine site -- AFP

Ukraine rebels pledge truce for jet recovery -- Al Jazeera
Leaders of Russia, Malaysian urges ceasefire for probe into downed airliner: Kremlin -- Reuters
Putin Calls for Cease-fire in East Ukraine -- VOA
Germany's Merkel urges ceasefire in Ukraine. -- RIA Novosti
Merkel challenges Putin after Ukraine crash but wary on further sanctions -- Reuters

Ukraine rescuers recover 181 bodies at Malaysian plane crash site -- Reuters
Bodies rained down on Ukraine village after plane disaster -- Reuters
Looting at plane crash scene may hamper investigation -- USA Today
MH17 victims' families to be 'flown to crash site' -- The Telegraph

Passenger posted joke about plane disappearing as he boarded jet -- AFP
Passenger on doomed flight MH17 'joked about the flight disappearing'. Dutch man posted picture of plane before boarding 'in case it disappeared' -- Daily Mail
'If it disappears': Passenger posts joke photo of flight MH17 shortly before crash -- RT
MH17: Shift swap cost steward life, saved wife earlier -- BBC
Video emerges claiming to show final moments inside the cabin of MH17 before it took off on doomed flight -- Daily Mail

Did MH17 pilot divert INTO the danger zone? Aviation expert claims captain made last-minute change of course over Ukraine because he 'felt uncomfortable' -- Daily Mail
Malaysia Airlines says requested higher flight plan -- Reuters
U.N. aviation body denies it closed Ukraine air route after crash -- Reuters
THREE HUNDRED passenger planes were scheduled to fly over Ukraine on day MH17 was shot down... despite warnings to airlines about 'serious risks to safety' -- Daily Mail
MH17 crash: Airlines divert flights from eastern Ukraine -- BBC

Past commercial airliners shot down by military, rebels -- CBS
MH17 crash: History of passenger planes shot down -- BBC

In pictures: Aftermath of MH17 disaster -- BBC