KIEV: Nearly four months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people, the disaster remains highly controversial as the Netherlands on Monday holds a memorial ceremony for the dead.
The facts
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared from radar screens at 1320 GMT on July 17 over territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Flight MH17 had taken off just after 1000 GMT from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and was heading for Kuala Lumpur.
It was carrying 298 passengers and crew, of which 193 were Dutch and 38 Australian citizens or residents.
The fragments of the plane fell to …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
