Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in Kuala Lumpur Friday at a press conference that the MH17's flight route was declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The New Zealand government on Friday expressed its condolences on the crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17 and called for an unhindered investigation into the crash.
Nearly 300 were killed when a Malaysian airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian rebels are battling government forces, an adviser to the country’s interior minister said on Thursday.
Malaysia Airlines said here Thursday on its twitter account that it had lost contact with MH17 from Amsterdam, adding that the last known position was over the Ukrainian airspace.