Flight MH17 crash: Singapore says sorry

SIA’s social media updates said its own flights were not using Ukraine airspace

Update: 2014-07-21 06:48 GMT
In this image taken from video, Thursday July 17, 2014, showing part of the wreckage of a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday near a rebel-held village Hrabove, in eastern Ukraine. (Photo: Associated Press / Channel 1) RUSSIA

Singapore: After getting a drubbing on social media for making statements deemed “insensitive” after the downing of MH17, Singapore Airlines has issued a public apology and expressed solidarity with families affected by the air tragedy.

Hours after the tragedy. SIA’s Facebook and Twitter updates said its own flights were not using Ukraine airspace. That triggered a flood of angry responses, with many lambasting SIA for not offering condolences to the victims' families.

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