Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Dutch Report: MH17 downed by Russian-made missile

The Dutch Safety Board said Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which went down a year ago near the Russia-Ukraine border, was destroyed by a Russian missile.

The plane was hit by a Russian-made 9M38 Buk missile, investigators concluded in the report. The missile hit the front left part of the plane, which broke off entirely.

The Dutch Safety Board said airspace over the area should have been closed .... http://www.upi.com


Russia Rejects Dutch Result of MH17 Investigation

Dutch investigators of the Malaysian MH17 plane crash have repeatedly refused to cooperate with Russian experts, a Kremlin spokesman said Monday.

The spokesman also said that the investigators had ignored for unknown reasons some facts about the crash provided by Moscow

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday that there had been "an obvious attempt to draw a biased conclusion, and carry out political orders," according to Russian news agencies.

the Russian state-controlled manufacturer of Buk missiles said its own investigation contradicts the Dutch report's conclusions .... http://news.xinhuanet.com