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Flight tracking exposure irks billionaires and baddies

How to upset Russian freight companies, Elon Musk, Chinese authorities and Kylie Jenner in one go? Track their jets.

Flight following websites and Twitter accounts offer real-time views of air traffic - and sometimes major news like Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip - but that exposure draws pushback ranging from complaints to gear seizures.

The first photos of the crash site and the wreckage of a Ukrainian plane PHOTO

"According to preliminary data, all passengers and crew members are dead", Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Facebook.
The plane is said to have fallen due to technical problems, Iranian media reported, as much of the airspace in the region is clear due to Iran's missile attacks on US bases in Iraq tonight.

Romania Prevents Russian Official Visit to Moldova

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was forced to cancel a controversial visit to Moldova on Friday, after Romania reportedly denied his S7 plane access to its airspace, forcing it to land in Minsk, Belarus.  

The Russian official has been banned from traveling to the European Union since March 2014, when he backed the Russian annexation of Crimea.

At Least 37 Dead as Turkish Plane Crashes on Homes in Kyrgyzstan

A Turkish cargo plane has crashed on homes near Manas airport, officials say.

At least 37 people, six of them children, have died in the incident as the aircraft apparently failed to land.

Most of the crash victims are on the ground. The development occurred in a populated area some 25 north of the capital Bishkek.

More than a dozen buildings are left damaged.

FlyDubai Plane Crash in Russia Kills All on Board

All 62 people on board a FlyDubai plane which crashed on landing in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, are confirmed dead, Russian officials say.

Preliminary data suggests there were 55 passengers and 7 crew on the Boeing 737, which "hit the ground and broke into pieces," according to the investigative committee quoted by RIA Novosti. Six of the crew were non-Russians.

French President Says 'Probably No Survivors' in Germanwings Plane Crash

French President Francois Hollande has said in a televised address that probably there are no survivors of the crash of a Germanwings plane in the French Alps.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who is now traveling to the site of the crash, has also announced that all 148 people on board have most likely died during the incident