MH17: Who governs the world's airspace?

By Tom Allard
Updated July 23 2014 - 7:18am, first published July 22 2014 - 7:21pm

The failure of the Ukraine government to issue a blanket ban on commercial flights over its conflict-ridden territory after the downing of a Ukraine military cargo plane by a surface-to-air missile has thrown into the stark relief the chaotic system governing international airspace.

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