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05-08-2014, 07:41 AM
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Parliament: SIA plane about 90km from MH17 when it was shot down, Lui says
Published on Aug 4, 2014 3:29 PM
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane was about 90km or some 10 minutes away, when a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine last month. -- PHOTO: ST FILE
By Karamjit Kaur
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane was about 90km or some 10 minutes away, when a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine last month.
Confirming this in Parliament on Monday, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said there were no flight restrictions above 32,000ft over the particular airspace at the time.
MH17 was flying from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur when it was blown out of the skies while flying over eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces.
"No national authorities, no regional aviation bodies, nor ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) has provided any advisories to avoid that part of the Ukrainian airspace" Mr Lui said.
Parliament: SIA plane about 90km from MH17 when it was shot down, Lui says
Published on Aug 4, 2014 3:29 PM
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane was about 90km or some 10 minutes away, when a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine last month. -- PHOTO: ST FILE
By Karamjit Kaur
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane was about 90km or some 10 minutes away, when a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine last month.
Confirming this in Parliament on Monday, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said there were no flight restrictions above 32,000ft over the particular airspace at the time.
MH17 was flying from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur when it was blown out of the skies while flying over eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces.
"No national authorities, no regional aviation bodies, nor ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) has provided any advisories to avoid that part of the Ukrainian airspace" Mr Lui said.