Flight MH17 likely hit by high-speed objects: Dutch report
Iran Press TV
Tue Sep 9, 2014 1:40PM GMT
A report released by the Netherlands says the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 passenger jet, which crashed in eastern Ukraine in July, was likely hit by high-speed objects.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 airliner was likely struck by multiple 'high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,' causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report into the aviation disaster said on Tuesday.
The report by the Dutch Safety Board stopped short of saying the Boeing 777 was shot down by a missile but its findings point to that conclusion. It also did not say who might have been responsible for the deadly disaster.
The report also notes that the Malaysian airliner was airworthy when it took off.
The Malaysian airliner en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur suddenly plunged out of the sky on July 17 over the territory held by pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board including 193 Dutch citizens.
Ukraine and the West have accused pro-Russia forces of shooting down the plane with a surface-to-air missile, but pro-Russia forces say they do not have the military hardware or capability to target a passenger jet.
Moscow has blamed Ukrainian government forces for the attack.
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