The passenger plane of Malaysian Airways flight MH17, with 295 people on board, was shot down over Eastern Ukraine yesterday, near the town of Donetsk.
From reports on the Internet, the "Black Box" containing the flight recorder was found by pro-Russian activists and was sent to Moscow for analysis ! This was then hastily denied !
The immediate question to be answered is; "Who has the legal right to claim this "Black Box" ? Does it not belong to Malaysian Airlines ? Why should anyone want to send it to Moscow ? Does Russia have special rights or reasons ?
This is not the first time that countries have searched for Flight Recorders which could provide evidence of what really happened when an airplane unexpectedly crashes.
The crucial, real question is whether, since its creation on January 1, 1942, the United Nations Organisation has ever published agreed procedures to be followed by its member countries in circumstances when an airplane is shot down or perishes unexpectedly ?
If no such procedures exist, is it not time that something should be done by UNO, and quickly ?
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