The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) just released today its report about the Malaysia Airlines flight 17. The criminal prosecution and investigation is still on-going, this investigation releases just the information about the crash of the plane.
According to the report, the Ukrainian authorities knew it was a combat zone and the airspace of the Eastern Ukraine should have been closed. The Ukrainian authorities was too much concerned about the military interests that it did not closed the airspace, according to the investigation. None of the 160 planes that got on the MH17 route was advised against any threat.
The missile is theoretically a ground-to-air missile, but in reality it could be a air-to-air as much it can be an ground-to-air. The investigators says it is the BUK's Russian rocket system that destroyed the plane, but the Russian said it was too old and probably sold and so the weapon belonged to Ukrainian army, basically saying Ukrainian Army is responsible of the launching weapon, not Russia. At least 16 of Ukrainian forces had been shot down between the end of April and July 17, 2014.
Source: Warhead from eastern Ukraine brought down MH17 - CNN.com
According to the report, the Ukrainian authorities knew it was a combat zone and the airspace of the Eastern Ukraine should have been closed. The Ukrainian authorities was too much concerned about the military interests that it did not closed the airspace, according to the investigation. None of the 160 planes that got on the MH17 route was advised against any threat.
The missile is theoretically a ground-to-air missile, but in reality it could be a air-to-air as much it can be an ground-to-air. The investigators says it is the BUK's Russian rocket system that destroyed the plane, but the Russian said it was too old and probably sold and so the weapon belonged to Ukrainian army, basically saying Ukrainian Army is responsible of the launching weapon, not Russia. At least 16 of Ukrainian forces had been shot down between the end of April and July 17, 2014.
Source: Warhead from eastern Ukraine brought down MH17 - CNN.com