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MH17 Ukraine disaster: Dutch to report on cause | MH17 Ukraine disaster: Dutch to report on cause |
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The Dutch Safety Board is to publish a final report on why Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 broke up over Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 on board. | The Dutch Safety Board is to publish a final report on why Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 broke up over Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 on board. |
Preliminary findings say it was hit by "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft", fuelling speculation that a surface-to-air missile was responsible. | Preliminary findings say it was hit by "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft", fuelling speculation that a surface-to-air missile was responsible. |
The West and Ukraine say Russian-backed rebels brought down the Boeing 777, while Russia blames Ukraine. But the report will not say who was to blame. | The West and Ukraine say Russian-backed rebels brought down the Boeing 777, while Russia blames Ukraine. But the report will not say who was to blame. |
Russia is to issue its own report. | |
The plane - flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur - crashed in rebel-held eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014 at the height of the conflict between government troops and the pro-Russian separatists. | The plane - flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur - crashed in rebel-held eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014 at the height of the conflict between government troops and the pro-Russian separatists. |
The victims included 193 Dutch nationals and 10 Britons. | |
Four questions | Four questions |
The Dutch Safety Board is expected to present its findings first to the victims' families and relatives and then to reporters at the Gilze-Rijen military base in the Netherlands. | |
The board will also show parts of the aircraft that have been brought back from the rebel-held Donetsk region and reconstructed. | The board will also show parts of the aircraft that have been brought back from the rebel-held Donetsk region and reconstructed. |
Read more | |
Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash - In-depth report | |
What we know - What happened on on 17 July 2014 | |
A reporter's story - Searching for truth at the crash site | |
Remembering the victims - Shared sadness and sunflowers | |
The report will look at four key issues: | The report will look at four key issues: |
However, the report will not directly address the issue of who was responsible for the disaster. | However, the report will not directly address the issue of who was responsible for the disaster. |
This is because the board does not have the authority to apportion blame, under the rules governing international flight crash investigations. | |
A separate Dutch-led criminal investigation is still going on. Its findings are expected to be published in several months' time. | |
Did they suffer? Anna Holligan, BBC News, The Hague | |
The Dutch Safety Board might not provide a conclusive answer as to whether the crew and passengers were conscious in those final moments. | |
But the families hope this technical aviation report will at least end the speculation about what caused their deaths. | |
"Now, finally, we're getting answers from an organisation that can verify what actually happened," says Evert Van Zijtveld - deputy chairman of the MH17 Air Disaster Association, who lost his son, daughter and parents-in-law on flight MH17. | |
"But we still need proof. If they say our families felt something, we want evidence." | |
Read more: Relatives seek truth of final moments | |
Prosecutors have suggested that the aircraft was most likely brought down by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile - which experts say both Russian and Ukrainian armies possess. | |
The government in Ukraine and several Western officials have said the missile was brought from Russia and launched from the rebel-held part of Ukraine. | The government in Ukraine and several Western officials have said the missile was brought from Russia and launched from the rebel-held part of Ukraine. |
Russia denies the accusations, saying the plane was shot down by either a surface-to-air missile fired by Ukrainian forces or a Ukrainian fighter jet. | Russia denies the accusations, saying the plane was shot down by either a surface-to-air missile fired by Ukrainian forces or a Ukrainian fighter jet. |
The Ukrainian government in Kiev rejects these claims as groundless. | |
In July, Russia vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council to set up an international tribunal into the MH17 air disaster. | In July, Russia vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council to set up an international tribunal into the MH17 air disaster. |
President Vladimir Putin said at the time the establishment of such a tribunal would be "premature" and "counter-productive". | President Vladimir Putin said at the time the establishment of such a tribunal would be "premature" and "counter-productive". |
Before the Dutch report is released on Tuesday, Russia's state arms producer Almaz-Antey - which makes Buk missiles - is expected to announce the results of its own investigation. | |
Senior Russian government officials have said the Dutch investigators have not been co-operating with Russian experts. | Senior Russian government officials have said the Dutch investigators have not been co-operating with Russian experts. |
"A series of facts [about the shooting down] that were presented by Russia seem have not been taken into consideration - for reasons that we do not understand," Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Putin, said on Monday. |