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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. But Russia claims the missile was fired from Ukrainian-controlled territory. | The West and Ukraine say Russian-backed rebels brought down the Boeing 777. But Russia claims the missile was fired from Ukrainian-controlled territory. |
The report will not apportion blame. | The report will not apportion blame. |
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. |
Among the victims were 196 Dutch nationals and 10 Britons. | |
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Four questions | Four questions |
The Dutch Safety Board is expected to present its findings first to the victims' 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 | Read more |
Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash - In-depth report | Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash - In-depth report |
What we know - What happened on on 17 July 2014 | What we know - What happened on on 17 July 2014 |
A reporter's story - Searching for truth at the crash site | A reporter's story - Searching for truth at the crash site |
Remembering the victims - Shared sadness and sunflowers | 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 board does not have the authority to apportion blame, under the rules governing international flight crash investigations. | |
A separate Dutch-led criminal investigation is expected to publish its findings in several months' time. | |
Did they suffer? Anna Holligan, BBC News, The Hague | 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. | 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. | 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. | "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." | "But we still need proof. If they say our families felt something, we want evidence." |
Read more: Relatives seek truth of final moments | 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. | 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. |
On Tuesday, Russian officials from Almaz-Antey - the state firm which manufactures Buk missiles - once again rejected those accusations. | |
Report 'wrong' | Report 'wrong' |
During a presentation timed to pre-empt the Dutch report, officials said the evidence suggested the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air Buk missile fired by Ukrainian forces. | |
Using video footage of their own mock-up of shrapnel hitting the fuselage of an aircraft, the officials said trajectory evidence suggested the missile had been fired from Ukrainian-controlled territory. They argued the weaponry used had not been in the Russian arsenal for years. | |
Russia says Dutch investigators have not taken account of its findings. | |
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". |
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