MH17 crash: All European MAS flights to take alternative routes

PETALING JAYA: All flights to and from Europe operated by Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will take alternative routes to avoid the usual path where flight MH17 went down in eastern Ukraine, said MAS in a media statement Friday.

“The usual flight route was earlier declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. International Air Transportation Association has stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions,” said MAS.