of air france. that is europe yep's biggest carrier. he spoke with my colleague. a listen. >> it is a black, black week for air transport. he point is that these three catastrophes are totally different. different companies. totally different origins. different environment. different aircraft. you cannot draw a general conclusion that the transport is less safe or should be avoided. i can understand that passengered can be worried, of course. that is perfectly understandable, but i have to tell them first of all, air transport is very safe, it is the safest transportation system in the world. -- the first concern of any it is security and safety, everywhere. at any minute. it is the basics of our contract with our passengers. the point which is key is we are -- we try, when there is something -- to act quickly, but seriously. because all the measures we are putting together, we are taking to avoid any risk. they have to be taken on an international level, seriously, it is usly, it is not -- driven and triggered only by motion. >> are we going to see an impact on d

air france -- "on the move."rance, bloomberg spoke to its ceo, carillion -- alexandre de juniac in an exclusive interview. he also addressed the biggest concerns of travelers, security. you have had three different crashes in the last few days. a lot to think about for the traveling public. listen to what he had to say. week fora black, black air transport. these three catastrophes are totally different. different companies, different origins, different environment, different aircraft. you cannot draw a general conclusion that the air or shouldis less safe be avoided. i can understand that passengers can be worried. of course, that is perfectly understandable. >> we are going to have more from that interview later on. let's focus on this broad theme that needs to be captivating everybody right now, the issue of aviation security. terry lundgren joins us to talk about all this. as he says, very different events. nevertheless, you have this sense that the aviation industry must be thinking about what is happening,

>>> moving on, air france has cut its guidance. the profits this year could be 12% lower than expected, mainly as a result of overcapacity. shares are trading lower, bringing down other airline stocks in sympathy. we've got aig down just shy of 3.75%. ez jet lower by 2.5%, too. i guess we shouldn't be surprised given what we've heard from lufthansa this quarter already. >> absolutely. the reasons we're given this morning are almost the same as the reasons given two weeks ago by lufthansa. resulting in lower prices on lower margin, air france says that the overcapacity is quite important on north atlantic and asian routes. stressing the level of bookings for the summer period. france says it's going to -- its new guidance is 12% lower than the previous one. it's targeting a growth operating profit between 2.2 and 2.3 billion euros for the year. that's compared with the previous guidance of 2.5 billion euros this year. they're suffering from the challenging situation with one of the airlines which has been blocked by the local author

air france. who will bring the passengers on? air france.any of those passengers still wanting to go to tel aviv. if air france doesn't pull their flights. >> do you think other airlines now are looking at this situation, trying to determine whether or not to cancel? >> they're looking to decide what to do. when there used to be extreme terrorism and violence on the ground, many carriers refused, because their staff refused to overnight in tel aviv. they would fly in and they would fly to cyprus overnight for the return. now you're concerned with the aircraft in air on low approach. i guess every airline's now making their decision. >> we'll see what happened, richard quest, thank you very much. now more on the escalating violence. the death toll continuing to mount as the u.s. pushes for a cease-fire in the fight between hamas and israel. here's where the casualties stand now. 604 palestinians killed. more than 4,700 wounded since israel began its operation protective shield, which is what they call it, two weeks ago. it's not clear how man

>> a red flag from air france. shares as the biggest carrier/is outcast. >> cracking down on commerzbank. penalties.face >> samsung gets squeezed. on increasedimates competition from apple and chinese rivals. ♪ chris good morning. you are watching "the pulse." i am guy johnson. >> i am olivia sterns. a bloomberg exclusive. we will be here with a ceo. >> closing in on the luxury car leader. andill see why audi mercedes are catching up with the bmw. first, our first a big story. shares in air france are under pressure. the toughest forecasting over the past especially on the north american routes and asian routes. america.ittle bit of let's find out what is going on. more of what is going on. this seems familiar. >> it is. about a month ago. they were saying the bases smaller capacity. a little bit different. the same issue. they are seeing a lot of pressure from the middle eastern carriers and expanding very rapidly and talk about the transatlantic. it is interesting to see if it will have a read over to british air

in space you may have thought that was already happening apparently not but it is now among the air france. europe's transport agency euro control as advised all e.u. carriers to avoid flying over ukraine flights currently borne are also being rerouted. thanks for staying with us here on r.t. international as we continue with this developing story just broke or just over two and a half hours ago of this born tragedy let's get some reaction now from europe let's go to our burning correspondent peter all of it's got the latest and i know that have been some responses coming out of your we heard from america we've heard from russia but what about in europe what is the reaction peter. world messages of condolence have been flooding in from european leaders one in particular that it's worth a note comes from the dutch leader mark router know the flight they tear has gone down in eastern ukraine was known as m h seventeen but it's interesting to note it also was a k l m operated flight it was k.l. flight four one zero three and it's understood that there are an awful lot of dutch citizens who ar

air france klm, one of the top gainers today in paris up nearly 5%. the cfo is clearly concerned about the geopolitical situation in the middle east and in eastern europe, although he doesn't believe he's going to destabilize the air transport industry which is said has been through other crisis in the past and regarding the new strategy plan, we'll have to wait until september to know precisely what air france is going to do. it comes after a soft savings plan over the last three years. >> and wait with anticipation we shall. thank you for that. it's going to continue its share buyback for 2015. details of the new share buyback will come next month. >>> now, the uk's bskyb is set to pay around $4.9 billion pounds for 21st fox's pay tv asset necessitily and germany. 2.9 billion pounds for fox's 57% stake in sky deutschland. the fund manager at ths partners is one of sky deutschland's top five shareholders. thank you for joining us. you said these guys need to pay for future opportunities as far as sky deutschland is concerned. >> i think the division

lufthansa and air france, we both know our warning on profits. what was his take on that overcapacity debates? >> we are desperate for capacity with the 787 delay of over three years. and now the 350 is making a huge impact in qatar airways expansion plan. >> air france and lufthansa are talkingngs about patching up their problem and not industrywide. >> it is their problem. they're not keeping the costs under control. this is not the case with carriers in the gulf. our costs are well in control. qatar airways.om lufthansa and air france have to blame some of the middle eastern airlines for the level of capacity we're seeing on some of those long-haul routes. qatar is not -- is saying is not a problem. he says their spaces are not competitive. hasays that qatar airways an under capacity problems because of delays. why are they not taking delivery of the superjumbo? it seems to be a bit of a mystery. i asked him what was holding back the delivery's. >> we have issues with the 8380. i would not like to say it in front of the camera. i would prefer

that is the hub for air france. they are looking at france.nd.a place they want to be in italy. ryanair is doing the same thing. primary not in many airports. if they are conscious of that. they are looking to angle into those markets. >> the competition becomes fiercer. let's talk a little bit about staffing. the guy we just heard from his leaving. there are questions about events taking place with a are showcasing the depth of their management team. there are questions about their leadership going forward. we had a guest on from charles stanley. there are rumors. cfo.ey will be losing a they have a new cfo in the office today. he is getting a lesson on how to do things. they will have the management team rollout and speak to the press later today. the thing about michael is he is invested in ryanair. he is a shareholder. you have to wonder if when the going get tough he gets more invested and when it is easy he gets even more excited. he never seems to step back. >> he is only 53. >> right now he sees this trajectory of change and moves that

about the private warning out of air france. shares are off of by 5%.prit seems to be overcapacity from gulf carriers. number out of cargo and what their options are to stay in the black. we'll have more about the fine facing commerzbank. it looks like germany's second-biggest leader -- a lender is coming to a settlement over sanctions with u.s. regulators. agreed to pay up to $9 billion. commerzbank is likely to pay $500 million and they have set inde well more than that provisions. we'll talk about what it means that extraterritoriality. and we'll have a little more on the gold and fixing the fix as you were talking about. we will have john mayer, an analyst from sp angel and we will talk about what the options are to set the price of gold in a more transparent way as the gold council met yesterday. and what is driving up the price of gold nowadays. is it the u.s. dollar, interest rates, or what is going on in iraq or el niÑo? all of that is coming up. >> a bit one for me will be commerzbank because it is another fine. $500 million. $8.9 billion out o

airbus can sell it to air france in euros. it would create stability for airbus and air france. so we can avoid this exchange rate risk. euro really be an alternative to the dollar considering that 60% of the reserves of central banks are in dollars? diminish financing costs in our economy by labeling more than other currencies. this is not a fight against dollar imperialism. ,he goal is to fight stability to reflect the financial and economic reality of the world, that the world can be more stable. >> do you think we will see more european banks get a fine like bnp did? europeanhere are other banks which are concerned by the same questions. but the past is the past. the u.s. justice system is independent. but we are looking at the future. it is in the interest of everyone to create a better balance between our currencies. >> is the french government going to take the lead? >> france is in europe, so it is up to the eurozone to lead this argument. ministerench finance speaking -- seeking to bolster the euro's role in global trade. for more, let's bring in jonathan ferro. is this

after another major air carriers are diverting their planes around ukrainian airspace among them air france. as well europe's transport agency euro control has advised all e.u. carriers to avoid ukraine's airspace is more with artie's peter all over in berlin heard a short statement from german chancellor angela merkel in which she said she was shocked and expressed her condolences to the families of those who have been killed who are expecting a further statement from her in a few hours time that go into a little bit more depth we've heard from a colleague boyko in in amsterdam the dutch prime minister has also been expressing his condolences the u.k. where nine people it seems were on that flight nine u.k. citizens david cameron the prime minister there held a meeting with senior government officials to decide what the next step would be what they actually knew about what had happened and then the united kingdom went to the united nations and asked for a special set a special session of the security council now that session will take place in new york later on friday but what we are seein

airbus consultor air france and euros. it would create stability for airbus and for air france. avoid this exchange rate risk. opened an sachs private lending unit in europe according to the financial times . the bank introduced the business for private wealth management clients. looking to build a $5 billion loan book within three years. ukraine's government says its forces have retaken two more eastern cities from pro-russian rebels a day after government forces regained control of another rebel stronghold. let's take a quick look at how the european markets are trading this morning. manus cranny has more. >> markets are having a tough time because the perspective is a little contagion in the form of germany i'm a factor orders coming down for the third month in a row wrapped into unemployment rising for two straight months and you begin to understand why the world is a little more concerned the core of europe to be slowing down. wrap that into what goldman sachs perspective is on the timing of interest rate hike for the united states of america. they say it is pulling it forw

huge shock, particularly for malaysia airlines. ,> we know now that aeroflot deutsche, lufthansa, air france, delta airlines completely isiding that airspace as pretty much every airliner after this incident. what is the reaction from leaders in russia? and also the rest of europe. >> i will give you two examples. , people suffering death on the plane. the first is angela merkel, who is shocked and demands a swift, independent inquiry. i'll be slick president vladimir -- he blames the ukrainian government directly. -- obviously president vladimir putin. they have agreed that the crash site evidence will stay in place. angela merkel mentioning about the shock. there were 154 dutch on the plane. the dutch prime minister mark rutte says he is shocked and devastated. there were 27 australians on the plane. it is unspeakable crime if the plane was shot down. david cameron with comments about the nine britons, shocked and saddened. >> this is a very popular flight path for europeans are people who travel from europe to asia. -- you areolutely absolutely right. 290 people dead, as you reported. joh

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carriers like british airways and air france flew around the conflict zone altogether. reports so did qantas, air berlin, asianna airlines, korean airlines and taiwan's china airlines. carriers like malaysian airlines flew directly over the war zone. >> you can't simply take every air space that might have a problem and say we're not going to fly there because, as i say, the global scope of that would be enormous. >> late this week, the dangers of the air space now abundantly clear. those aviation authorities took action. the aviation arms of the u.n. and europe recommending that airlines avoid the air space. and the u.s. and ukraine prohibiting flights there. but for flight 17, it's too late. renee marsh, cnn, washington. >> malaysia airlines have just announced that they are retiring the mh-17 flight number. the flights will continue, but the flight number is going away from the 25th of july and it's out of respect for the crew and passengers. the impact of the crash is being felt around the world with people in many countries grieving. as you can see, most of the vict

airline stocks down after air france cut their earnings forecast. european bank stops are lower. u.s. futures cautious ahead of what will be a big day for company news. alcoa kicks off a slew of reports. overall, second quarter earnings are expected to grow 5%, just shy of 5% compared to last year. sounds great. good profit growth. itis not as strong as the 7% originally forecast. with stocks near all time highs, they need to help justify that strong growth. >>> general motors recalled more than 27 million vehicles in the u.s. this year. the auto maker resisted recalling more. the national highway safety administration is investigating corrosion related brake failure in trucks and suvs since 2010. this affects millions of vehicles from 1999 to 2003 model years. the rusted brake lines are a maintenance issue that affects it entire auto industry. i's not just a general motors truck problem. the vehicles would still be capable of stopping. two minutes to the top of the hour. "new day" starts now. >>> breaking news. one of the worst storms in over a decade is slamming into japan's so

after the faa decision today, air canada, air france, luftansa and klm all followed suit, deciding the war in gaza had simply gotten too close to the runways. this is what got the airlines attention. this morning at 10:05 local time, a rocket lands within a couple miles of the airport in tel aviv. most of the time the military is blocking incoming rockets from gaza, today that wasn't the case. three houses badly damaged. aria had just left to run errands five minutes before, now his girl's home is in ruins. this is your daughter's home? luckily none of us were home, he tells me. look what they've done, she says, i wish they'd all die. two israelis, the sound of sirens had become commonplace, when american and european air carriers started cancelling their flights hours later, people here were surprised. delta flight 468 from new york to tel aviv with 290 people on board was the first to divert to paris. american quickly followed in suspending tel aviv bounds flights. at 12:15 eastern, the faa ordered all u.s. airlines not to fly into or out of tel aviv, for at least 24 hours. >> some o

the dutch carrier klm air france and the german airline louvre have also banned flights, and europe's air safety agency is urging others to do the same. israel insist these no actual threat to flights in out and of tel aviv. prime minister netanyahu has asked secretary of state kerr tow help lift the flight ban but in light of the malaysia airlines shoot-down, scott, airlines are far less inclined to fly into danger zones. >> pelley: still flying in the region is the israeli air force bombing neighborhoods in gaza in the effort to stop rockets like those aimed at the airport. after 15 days of battle, 628 palestinians are dead and 3,720 wounded, nearly all civilians. barry petersen is in gaza. >> reporter: on the outskirts of gaza street, street after street of devastation and desolation. the israelis lasted it hard because they say rockets aim at israel were fired from hire. we had to hit the ground from incoming fire and the buildings echoed with shooting from street-to had the street fighting. this is now the ghost town of gaza a very eerie, empty place. you can see the effect of th

but delta's joint venture partner, air france, over paris, air france is just about to land in tel aviv tel aviv. turkey is unit's alliance partner. ba just landed. american airlines. one world partner. what we have now is this situation rapidly developing where you've got u.s. carriers out of an abundance of overcaution, they say we're not flying. you have their european partners saying they will continue to fly. >> everybody has their own risk assessments. these are their lives, maybe they have different kinds of information. maybe delta didn't have all the information they needed and we're exercising on the side of caution, which is admirable. that's what it should be. every pilot and airline and operations centers has the right to throw up the flag and say this is a high risk. we're not ready to accept it until we get more information about it, until we understand completely what our risks are, what the hazards are. >> let's see if we can get some more information about what might be going on in israel right now. we'll bring in another guest. thank you so much for being with us. i r

if you look at air france and british airways, they scrupulously avoided ukraine air face for somspace some timet is the prudent thing to do. >> woodruff: as i understand it, u.s. carriers have been avoiding this area as well. who decides, who recommends to air care juries what is safe,, what isn't safe. how are those decisions made, carrier by carrier. >> it's the responsibility of the carrier and ultimately the captain to reject the flight plan. if a dispatcher gives them a tbliet plaflight plan over the e it's up to the captain to say this doesn't feel safe to me, we should take a few extra minutes, burn a little extra fuel to go around. so the faa had issued a flight prohibition zone, the european counterpart had done similar things. but each airline is responsible to the home country's regulatory agency. and in this case, it's a patchwork and not everybody was paying as close attention to what was going on in the ukraine. these carriers, however, knew to fly safely wood wood jus. >> woodruff: we know there are places on the planet where there are hot wars of some type going on. if

within a week of 370 disappearing, many families from air france 447 and from the 9/11 planes were inontact with our group, with the 370 group, and it was helpful, because it was an exspeak teugs of what you should expect, and that made it easier. >> and nobody else, frankly, can understand. when you look at this situation on the ground, and i am not sure how much of the reporting you have seen but i know you have seen enough of it to see how the bodies are being treated. i mean, our chris cuomo talking on the ground there and he is talking about where is the dignity, right? they are being left to lie, and many of them under their religion should have been buried in the first 24 hours, and it's different than what you and those on 370 are going through, but what do you make of what is being played out? >> it's cleared there are people in positions of power, even if it's just that they are holding a machine gun in a field, and taking advantage of this, you know, and that's just not human. i mean, that's -- it's beyond criminal, in fact. i can't even believe that some could do that. the

of the airlines: delta, united, american, us airways, klm, lufthansa and air france. usually if you are headed out of the area you connect at other airports such as l.a.x. or john f. kennedy in new york. the initial flight to the airports will be available but you will not be able to fly from this to tel aviv for a while. there are exceptions. israels national carrier had flights interest from john f. kennedy and newark and british airways continue to operate normally but that mean you have to connect to a flight leaving from europe in response to the rocket strike that landed a mile away from the airport this morning. the f.a.a. will monitor and evaluate the situation and update airlines when permitted. israel transportation officials are trying to convince the airlines to change their mines say it is safe to land in tel aviv at the airport. i spoke to two officials and san jose's national international and they are not seeing a direct impact but check with your airline to find out about changes. >>> and there are findings being laid out about the malaysian airport t

you'll recall air france 447 which crashed in 2009 was flying in the intertropical convergence zone, went into a thunderstorm and that started the chain of events. you never want to nigh into a thunderstorm. you want to fly around them. it was night time, was their weather radar working? you want to steer clear of them. this is a giant cell. there's hail, turbulence, a million reasons not to fly into them. >> this is the second likely weather related crash in two days. the one in taiwan credited to a hurricane. we were talking about an experience i had in that very same zone. you plunge and everything flies and you have a moment of pure terror. are people risking too much flying in bad weather? are those risks taken every day? >> let me explain a little bit about how the aircraft's designed first because i think that's important to understand. i used to work at cessna wallace division. in that division, what our job was to test jet wings. so we'd take the wings and we'd try to break them. these wings would go almost to the point of touching at the top. when you're flying in the aircr

a "new york times" report shows carriers like british airways and air france flew around the conflict zone all together. reuters reports, so did qantas, air berlin, asiana airlines, korean airline and china airlines. carriers like malaysia airlines flew directly over the war zone. >> you can't simply take every air space that might have a problem and say, we're not going to fly there, because as i say, the global scope of that would be enormous. >> reporter: late this week the dangers of the air space now abundantly clear. those aviation authorities took action. the aviation arms of the u.n. and europe recommending that airlines avoid the air space. and the u.s. and ukraine prohibiting flights there. but for flight 17, it's too late. renee marsh, cnn, washington. >>> do stay with me. our special coverage of malaysia flight 17 continues after a quick break. stay with us on cnn. [ man ] look how beautiful it is. ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male anno

amongst the airlines who have canceled light in and out of tel aviv are air france and american carriers. is it irresponsible of israel to say that it was not necessary to cancel those operations? >> i think yes. i agree with that declaration i think that the best way to struggle against terrorists is to continue to live normally and continue to to wherever it is, and israel or over israel. to me, the message is quite a good one. >> briefly, we had some security scares in the last couple of that, announcements flights going in and out of the united states, for example, were going to face much longer queues, much more vigilant security checks. that was in light of specific intelligence. do you know anything about what it is that airlines are particularly worried about at this particular moment? >> airlines are worried about terrorists, of course, but the problem of terrorists is not , andto check passenger checking passenger is something like agitation. if you want to struggle against terrorists, you need intelligence and information. from the gaza strip or from all fighters that are in t

and minutes ago, they made the directive, we will not fly over that region as did air france and it would appear that the rest of the world has done the same. i want to show you live air traffic all over the world. so this is ukraine, this is the east of ukraine here, this is russian territory, and there is no traffic over this region anymore. all of the jets that are trying to take off in russia are on the ground and there is no more traffic there as there shouldn't have been obviously today at all or for weeks on end. when we were there covering this in crimea and all of this was beginning to heat up and the battles in the street and fires in kiev, the fear was that some accident would happen, that someone taking action against another would include, what if a school bus. what happened here is much bigger are. it hasn't drawn in other people from ukraine and russia, it just drew in the entire world. >> that's right. the news cycle will look at each of those passengers on the plane. amsterdam to kuala lumpur and flying over ukraine and not involved with ukraine and filled with internatio

flights aren't going to fly directly over northern mali because they would be aiming at air france. now that has become a tangible reality for people. and i don't think there's any question that people are going to think about it more than they did before. >> still -- go ahead, les. >> yeah, brooke. if i can interject here, you know, let's not tell the flying public that one of their biggest dangers is to get shot down by a missile. i think there's more environmental factors that are out there that are bigger threats than that at this point in time. and pure speculation, you know, that maybe this was involved with this algerian tragedy. we don't know. and even weather may be pure speculation at this point in time. this is all part of accident investigation which should have really been occurring with mh-17, you know, in the first place. we really need to get the facts and put everything together, because as most of us have been saying, david soucie and myself, there's a lot of causal factors to any aircraft accident. the fact that it's -- that we have got three in such a short perio

major airlines including lufetansia and air france said their planes would be avoiding eastern ukrainian air space. correspondent richard west cot -- wescott had this analysis. >> right now it's claimed this is the weapon most likely to have brought the aircraft down. russian-made buk and one of the missiles in the region capable of reaching that height, more than 30,000 feet. but even after that height, experts say a well-trained operator would easily recognize a civilian airliner. so did the missile system fall into the wrong hands? >> the russian military i can't believe would have done this. the question therefore is has the russian military given the kids to the babies, given it to the goons who have enough technology to switch it on but no one -- no understanding of what they're doing? >> why was the aircraft flying over a conflict zone? the malaysian flight was flying on a well-traveled route. think of it as remote way for airliners between europe and asia. a few days ago ukrainian authorities restricted flights in the same area after attacks on military aircraft but crucially the

several airlines have already said that they are going to avoid ukraine's air space among them our air france russia's. air flow to airlines i believe the list will be the list will will get longer us time passes of course interesting interesting to remember this particular point that earlier in the month that ukraine's air traffic authority has actually has actually closed airspace for all passenger planes flying out the altitude of a ball of seventy nine hundred meters. they closed airspace over the southeast a great specifically you know order to protect the. civilian jets flying over the country so of course that obvious that the raises a question why boeing seven seven seven was in that particular area in the first case to start with and of course as we as we will continue to watch this situation develop. we have to wait for the official. for the official investigation to take place possibly of course it will be interesting to see what the. information readers that the flight data recorders provide whether or not they will be able to perhaps shed some light on the situation where on the

germany's luftanza and air france suspended flights. before that was announced, delta divert add plane headed to tel aviv with 290 persons aboard. they went to paris to avoid the conflict zone. >>> so high will the escalating violence in places like tel aviv and ukraine impact the aviation insurance industry? with a loss of malaysia airlines flight 17, many are asking who pays when these acts of aggression happen? our guest joins us now with answers. robert, welcome, it's a pleasure to have you here. >> glad to be here. >> let's start with are the airlines required to carry insurance against these different types of acts of terrorism or aggression or to simply just safeguard the fleet? >> absolutely all commercial aircraft are required to carry insurance, and typically, they will carry insurance that covers the aircraft itself and required to carry coverage that protects them against liability losses in the event people are injured or killed in accidents. those could be accidents that involve a crash on the ground or the sorts of accide

announce that they are diverting their planes around eastern ukrainian airspace among them our air france k l n and lufthansa europe's transport agency europe control has advised all e.u. carriers to avoid the area and following the tragedy e.u. leaders have been expressing their condolences to those affected let's hear from marty's correspondent in berlin peter all ever. heard from german chancellor angela merkel she was given a press conference in which she said there needs to be a full investigation into exactly what caused this disaster she said that germany was willing to to send a team to ukraine to help with that investigation to get to the bottom of exactly what happened and she said that those that are responsible must be brought to justice should also express her extreme crieff and condolences for the families of the those that have been killed for germans were among those that have been on board this plane and she expressed particular condo interest to the people of the netherlands who of course will worst affected by this disaster but she's not the only. european leader that's

another major air carriers are diverting their planes around ukrainian airspace among them are air france scale and lift europe's transport agency europe controllers advised all e.u. carriers to avoid ukraine's space r.t. speak to all of reports from berlin. heard from german chancellor angela merkel she was given a press conference in which she said there needs to be a full investigation into exactly what caused this disaster she said that germany was willing to to send a team to ukraine to to help with that investigation to get to the bottom of exactly what happened but she also went on to say that this was an extremely serious act to take in place she referred to the plane having being shot down and she said that those that are responsible must be brought to justice that's what the german chancellor saying that she did also express her extreme grief and condolences for the families of the those that have been killed four germans were among those that have been on board this plane and she expressed particular condo interest to the people of the netherlands who of course were worst affec

the ukrainian airspace apart from one flight into kiev but it yes the likes of air force air france k l m trans aero virgin tons and others of all said that they're not going to fly over that particular area of eastern ukraine in fact euro control which is the governing watchdog of air traffic safety here in europe is issued a statement to all airlines saying do not fly over this part of eastern ukraine now as i say some airlines taken out even further and saying they're not going to fly over your.

major air carriers are now diverting their planes around the eastern ukrainian airspace among them air france kalen and lufthansa europe's transport agency europe control has advised all e.u. carriers to avoid the area and following the tragedy leaders have been expressing their condolences to those affected r.t. speak to oliver is in berlin. you heard from german chancellor angela merkel she was given a press conference in which she said there needs to be a full investigation into exactly what caused this disaster she said that germany was willing to to send a team to ukraine to to help with that investigation to get to the bottom of exactly what happened but she also went on to say that this was an extremely serious act that the taken place she referred to the plane having being shot down and she said that those that are responsible must be brought to justice that's what the german chancellor saying that she did also express her extreme crieff and condolences for the families of the those that have been killed for germans were among those that have been on board this plane and she expressed

have announced they're diverting their planes around eastern ukrainian airspace and among them are air france tons of europe's transport agency euro control has advised all e.u. carriers to avoid the area and following the tragedy e.u. leaders have been expressing their condolences to those affected parties peter all of our takes up the story. we heard from german chancellor angela merkel she was given a press conference in which she said there needs to be a full investigation into exactly what caused this disaster she said that germany was willing to send a team to ukraine to help with that investigation to get to the bottom of exactly what happened and she said that those that are responsible must be brought to justice should also express extreme crieff and condolences for the families of the those that have been killed for germans were among those that have been on board this plane and she expressed particular condo in france to the people of the netherlands who of course were worst affected by this disaster but she's not the only. european leader that's been speaking about this david came

major air carriers are diverting their planes around ukrainian airspace among them of the likes of air france and. europe's transport agency euro control has advised all e.u. carriers to avoid ukraine's airspace and spoke a short while ago to what he's peter all of it he's in berlin we heard a short statement from german chancellor angela merkel in which she said she was shocked and expressed her condolences to the families of those who have been killed who are expecting a further statement from her in a few hours time that go into a little bit more depth we've heard from a colleague. in amsterdam the dutch prime minister has also been expressing his condolences the u.k. where nine people it seems were on that flight nine u.k. citizens david cameron the prime minister there held a meeting with senior government officials to decide what the next step would be what they actually knew about what had happened and then the united kingdom went to the united nations and asked for a special set a special session of the security council now that session will take place in new york later on friday but