Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands // Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year which killed all 298 people on board, air crash investigators concluded on Tuesday.Even before the highly-anticipated release of the official report on the disaster by a Dutch-led investigation, Russian officials were disputing the findings which are sure to further strain ties between Moscow and the West.
“Flight MH17 crashed as a result of the detonation of a warhead outside the airplane against the left-hand side of the cockpit,” said the chairman of the Dutch Safety Board, Tjibbe Joustra.“This warhead fits the …read more
Source: The National
