Dutch Investigators Say Russian-Made Buk Missile Downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

By Published on October 13, 2015

The  Dutch Safety Board has concluded that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed over Ukraine in July 2014, broke up after it was was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile fired from eastern Ukraine.

Dutch Safety Board (DSB) chairman Tjibbe Joustra briefed reporters Tuesday on the findings of the final report into the incident.

He said part of the plane broke off and and the jetliner came down over eastern Ukraine.

Relatives of the passengers, who were given copies of the report earlier, told reporters assembled at the Hague that all the passengers died or lost consciousness as soon as the missile struck, the Guardian reported.

Robby Oehlers, whose cousin Daisy was among the 298 people killed, told the Associated Press it was “as quiet as a mouse” as Joustra explained the conclusions of the 15-month investigation to family members Tuesday. “It was a Buk,” Oehlers said, referring to an SA-11 missile.

Read the article “Dutch Investigators Say Russian-Made Buk Missile Downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17” on usatoday.com.

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