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Flight MH17: Dutch safety report cites Buk missile and vital missing evidence
279-page report rules out many possibilities and is precise on cause of crash naming warhead modelThe 279-page Dutch safety report, and its appendices, covers the flight of MH17 from take-off from Amsterdam on 17 July 2014, through the moment it disappeared from radar screens over eastern Ukraine, to the recovery and forensic analysis of the...
MH17 report brings some solace for families but unanswered questions remain
Loved ones express relief at suggestions that passengers’ deaths were likely to have been instantaneous, but report leaves issues of accountability unaddressedThe families of those on board Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 when it was shot down have spoken of their hopes that suggestions following the report into the crash are accurate, and...
MH17 report suggests efforts were made to cover up causes of disaster
Dutch experts found captain’s body had ‘undergone an external and internal examination to remove foreign objects’ The long-awaited Dutch report into the shooting down of flight MH17 suggests attempts were made to cover up the causes of the disaster, including a bungled autopsy on the body of the captain in which metal fragments from a...
Whoever shot down flight MH17, Russia’s reputation is in tatters | Mary Dejevsky
We still don’t know for sure who caused the Malaysia Airlines catastrophe in Ukraine, but it has been costly for both the Kremlin and the rebelsIf any one event defines the confusion and savagery of the Ukrainian conflict for much of the world, it is the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, on 17 July, 2014. There was the shock and the...
MH17 crash report: rival Dutch and Russian claims focus on Buk missile fragments
Buk manufacturer disputes Dutch report’s conclusion that butterfly-shaped shrapnel prove recent version of missile, used by Russian army, hit planeA Buk anti-aircraft missile has been considered the most plausible culprit in bringing down MH17 since the first hours after the crash, so the conclusion of the Dutch safety board report comes as...
Flight MH17: relatives of passengers react to Dutch investigation findings – video
Relatives of British passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was downed by a Buk surface-to-air missile, according to Dutch investigators, react to the findings of an investigation into the incident by the Dutch safety board. The report has concluded that the Malaysia Airlines plane was hit by a 9N314M warhead on 17 July 2014, as...
The MH17 report – a visual guide
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left Amsterdam Schiphol airport at 10.30am GMT on 17 July 2014 bound for Kuala Lumpur, carrying 298 passengers and crew. It was shot down by a surface-to-air missile near Grabovo, Ukraine, at 1.20pm GMT. … …read more Source: The...
Animation shows Russian Buk missile hit Malaysia Airlines MH17 – video
Dutch investigators released this animation of what they conclude happened to flight MH17. The report found that the plane was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile. The Malaysia Airlines flight came down in Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on boardLive blog of MH17 crash report… …read more Source: The...
Passengers on MH17 ‘felt and knew nothing’ of missile – video
Rob Fredriksz, whose son Bryce was killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile over eastern Ukraine last year, says that those on board felt and knew nothing when they died. He was speaking in the Netherlands after a presentation of the key findings of a 15-month investigation into the disaster • Dutch investigators...
Malaysian Airlines MH17 wreckage reconstruction – timelapse video
Dutch investigators looking into what caused the MH17 crash released this timelapse video footage showing a partial reconstruction of the plane. The wreckage was unveiled on Tuesday at the Gilze-Rijen Air Base in the Netherlands, where the Dutch safety board confirmed that the Boeing 777 was bought down by a Buk surface-to-air missile Live blog...
