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The Dutch Safety Board says a BUK missile with a 3N314M warhead was responsible for downing MH17. It also noted that Ukrainian aviation regulators admitted that arms were being in the east of Ukraine which were capable of striking passenger aircraft. "In the months before the crash, at least 16 military airplanes and helicopters were shot down in the eastern part of Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities were aware of this. They stated that, occasionally, weapon systems were used that could reach the cruising altitude of civil airliners. Yet, despite of all this, Ukraine did not close its airspace," said Tjibbe Joustra, the Dutch Safety Board chairman. The announcement at an airbase in Gilze Rijen in the Netherlands mentioned that civil aviation aircraft should not have been allowed to fly over the east of Ukraine, due to the risk of a plane being struck. Tjibbe Joustra, the Dutch Safety Board chairman stated that there were more than enough reasons to close the airspace of eastern Ukraine and that Kiev should have taken these steps. Dutch Safety Board simulates MH17 being hit by BUK missile #MH17: The Dutch Safety Board publishes final report after fifteen months of investigation full report Posted by RT Play on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 "It is clear that Ukraine already had sufficient reason to close the airspace over the eastern part of Ukraine as a precaution before 17 July 2014. None of the parties involved recognized the risk posed to overflying civil aircraft by the armed conflict in the eastern part of Ukraine," a press release from the Dutch Safety Board stated. No such precautions were taken and 160 different commercial aircraft were flying along the same corridor from which MH17 was downed. 160 flights operated in the area at the day of the crash – Dutch Safety Board https://t.co/v6frE4HYSL pic.twitter.com/YbDA2iBvPd — RT (@RT_com) October 13, 2015 Immediately after the tragic accident took place, airspace over the region was closed. The Dutch Safety Board also mentioned that they have been unable to determine who was in control of the particular area where the BUK missile was fired from. They added that the warhead was detonated from somewhere within a 320 sq km area in the east of Ukraine. Dutch probe: Russian comments on #MH17 investigation were helpful and adopted in report http://t.co/JFCE1FaT4b pic.twitter.com/5haxKRzvUj — RT (@RT_com) October 13, 2015 However, they did agree that it was a 9N314M warhead launched by a BUK surface-to-air missile was responsible for downing the Malaysia Airlines plane. It detonated to the left and above the cockpit and the forward section of the aircraft was penetrated by hundreds of high energy objects, which came from the warhead. This caused the airplane to breakup immediately and wreckage was distributed over an area of 50 sq km. Source https://www.rt.com My condolences to the familys of the passengers of the MH17 EDIT: this topic will be managed by the news reporter any spam regarding incoherences will be reported to the staff++ and in some cases the topic will be locked... edit 2 links comprobation test.
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5. Wreckage of the Airbus A320 is seen at the site of the crash, near Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps March 26, 2015. (Reuters/Emmanuel Foudrot ) The Germanwings co-pilot who deliberately crashed a plane into the French Alps “rehearsed” the aircraft's descent during a previous flight, French investigators said Wednesday. The practice run took place just hours before his deadly plan unfolded. According to an interim report released by France's air accident investigation body (BEA), co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appeared to practice a controlled descent during a Dusseldorf-Barcelona flight, just two hours before he crashed the same plane into a mountainside. While pilot Patrick Sondheimer was out of the cockpit, Lubitz set the aircraft to descent mode five times in a four-and-a-half minute period. The “selected altitude” changed repeatedly, hitting as low as 100 feet (30 meters) several times. Lufthansa spokesman Helmut Tolksdorf told AP that the airline has not yet had time to analyze the new details and has no plans for immediate comment. Lufthansa is the parent company of Germanwings. Crash findings The BEA also released its findings on the doomed flight which crashed into the French Alps just hours after the “rehearsal.” According to the report, Sondheimer left the cockpit at the beginning of the aircraft's cruise at 38,000 feet. While Lubitz was alone in the cockpit, the selected altitude changed from 38,000 feet to 100 feet. The plane then “started a continuous and controlled descent on autopilot,” according to the report. During the descent, the Marseille control center called the flight crew on 11 occasions, on three different frequencies. None of those calls were answered. The French military defense system also tried to contact the flight on three occasions, without any response. Four minutes and 40 seconds after Sondheimer left his station, the interphone sounded in the cockpit as he tried to re-enter. Three other calls also sounded. None of them received an answer. The sound of breathing was recorded on the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) until a few seconds before the end of the flight. Warnings from the Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS), Master Caution, and Master Warning sounded before the collision took place. The plane ultimately collided with the mountainside at 9:41:06, killing all 150 people on board. Earlier media reports said Lubitz received treatment for a "serious depressive episode" six years ago, while he was training to become a pilot. The 27-year-old had been written off sick by a doctor on the day of the crash. A torn-up note authorizing his medical absence from work was found by police inside his Düsseldorf apartment. Source: http://rt.com/news-
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