I think things are loosening up now, after pressure was put on Putin, but obviously, given the people in charge there, it's not a situation the relatives of victims can have much confidence in. According to the
BBC, "Tense negotiations are continuing between the authorities in Kiev and the rebels for the trains to be allowed to leave for government-held territory for identification and analysis."
The Dutch are now trying to gain access to the crash site, while the rebels are holding, and presumably ransacking, covering their tracks.
On a related thing, I was asked the other day if I would fly with Malaysian Airlines. I thought about it for a second and said I would. This is a terrible coincidence that it's them again in the news, but in this matter, they weren't at fault. They flew in airspace deemed safe by international airline authorities and were one among many airlines, including British Airways, Lufthansa, and Air France, to use that air corridor around this time. It was random fluke that they were chosen for death.
We might look at it in hindsight and wonder why anybody would have been using that route, but it was deemed safe and used for passage by others - until now it isn't.
So Malaysian Airlines is in the news again, and this time it might be fatal to their own survival. Already, they were struggling financially in the wake of the first mysterious disappearance, and this article here weighs up their chances. Being a national airline, they might be kept airborne long after they can pay their way.
The person who asked me if I'd fly with them was working in a cafe and was asking the regulars would they fly with Malaysian Airlines. I was the first one to say I would, and while I sat by the window watching the girls go by, I heard another bloke say the same thing: unhappy coincidence, but he'd fly with them. In fact, an argument could be made for them to be safer than other airlines, if they up their game in safety matters...
