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13th October 2015, 04:13 AM
MH17 plane shot down by BUK missile: paper
International investigators have concluded that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch paper says just hours before the release of the official report.
The findings into last year's air disaster, due to be released at 2215 AEDT on Tuesday by the Dutch Safety Board, are likely to exacerbate already strained ties between Russia and the West.
The official report, after a 15-month long investigation, seeks to end speculation about why the Boeing 777 broke up in mid-air killing all 298 people on board.
Moscow has vehemently denied any involvement in the crash, pointing the finger instead at Ukrainian government forces who were battling a fierce rebellion by pro-Russian separatists in the east.
Quoting three sources close to the investigation, the respected Volkskrant daily said on Tuesday the inquiry had found the plane was hit by a BUK surface-to-air missile on July 17, 2014 as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
AFP via West Australian (https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/29799555/final-report-out-soon-on-downing-of-mh17/)
International investigators have concluded that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch paper says just hours before the release of the official report.
The findings into last year's air disaster, due to be released at 2215 AEDT on Tuesday by the Dutch Safety Board, are likely to exacerbate already strained ties between Russia and the West.
The official report, after a 15-month long investigation, seeks to end speculation about why the Boeing 777 broke up in mid-air killing all 298 people on board.
Moscow has vehemently denied any involvement in the crash, pointing the finger instead at Ukrainian government forces who were battling a fierce rebellion by pro-Russian separatists in the east.
Quoting three sources close to the investigation, the respected Volkskrant daily said on Tuesday the inquiry had found the plane was hit by a BUK surface-to-air missile on July 17, 2014 as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
AFP via West Australian (https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/29799555/final-report-out-soon-on-downing-of-mh17/)