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                    [Title] => What is known about plane crash in Ukraine
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Here's what is known, and what has been claimed, about Thursday's crash of a Malaysian jetliner carrying 298 people in eastern Ukraine:

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-18 10:15:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1410034 [AuthorName] => John-Thor Dahlburg [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140718/Malaysia-plane-shot-down-Ukraine.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 735628 [Title] => Eurocontrol: Growing threats to planes from lasers [Summary] =>

Eurocontrol is urging the EU to criminalize the malicious use of lasers to blind pilots and air traffic controllers — a problem they warn could lead to a crash.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-10 16:58:33 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 689372 [Title] => Volcanic ash forces Berlin airport closures [Summary] =>

A cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland that has caused headaches for air travelers spread to Germany on Wednesday, forcing the closure of Berlin's airports and disrupting hundreds of flights, but experts said the eruption appeared be winding down.

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The European air traffic agency says up to 500 commercial flights in Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of Scandinavia may be canceled Tuesday because of the spread of volcanic ash.

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Europe's air traffic control organization said Friday that Libya has closed its airspace to all traffic.

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A regional air traffic control system outage sharply limited flights around much of northern Europe Friday, causing delays for tens of thousands of passengers aboard some 700 flights.

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The Icelandic volcano with the unpronounceable name reminded the world again that it has the power to disrupt international travel — coughing out a spreading cloud of ash that delayed or canceled hundreds of flights between Europe and North America.

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European officials carved up the sky yesterday, creating three zones to more quickly break the flight deadlock caused by volcanic ash  flowing from Iceland  over Europe. Many more flights will be able to take off on Tuesday, the bloc said.

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Germany's aviation authority broke the flight deadlock on yesterday, granting Lufthansa an exemption to fly 50 long-haul planes carrying 15,000 passengers back home below the cloud of volcanic ash  hanging over Europe.

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LONDON (AP) – Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland yesterday as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptying the skies of planes and sending hundreds of thousands in search of a hotel room, a train ticket or a rental car.

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