Malaysian Airlines Crash Heightens Firm’s Distress

The second fatal incident involving Malaysia Airlines (MAS) in four months will deepen the slump in ticket sales and force the government to speed up any plan to rescue the stricken flagship carrier, bankers say. An MAS jet en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam was shot down Thursday over eastern Ukraine’s rebel-held territory near the Russian border, killing all 298 people on board. Shares of the loss-making airline plunged as much as 18 percent on Friday. The tragedy has triggered...

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