Malaysian Airline System Bhd. (MAS), whose plane carrying 298 passengers was shot down over eastern Ukraine, took a route avoided by Qantas (QAN) Airways Ltd. and several other carriers as separatist fights in the region intensified.
The attack, blamed on pro-Russia separatists by the Ukraine government, killed everyone on board the Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight, prompting the airline to take alternative routes for its European flights. The disaster comes four months after Malaysian Flight 370 bound for Beijing disappeared without a trace .... http://www.bloomberg.com
