Malaysia Airlines Diverts Plane Over Another War Zone After MH17 Crash

Malaysia Airlines diverted one of its planes from Ukraine to another war zone: Syria.

On Sunday, the airline re-routed its flight MH4 from Kuala Lumpur to London over Syrian airspace after the Ukraine route was closed in the wake of Flight 17's downing last Thursday.

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Flightradar24, a website that tracks the routes of airlines, shared an image via its Twitter account on Monday with the statement: "Malaysia Airlines flight MH4 (Airbus A380) flew over Syria yesterday."

After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in eastern Ukraine, flights have avoided Ukranian airspace, and the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) is rejecting flights over the area. Read more...

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