Dutch preliminary report finds MH17 ‘pierced by high-speed objects’

Investigators from the Dutch Safety Board released on the 9 September 2014 a preliminary report on the July 2014 MH17 airliner crash in east Ukraine. The findings said the airliner had been pierced by 'high-speed objects', and cockpit activity 'ended abruptly'. While refraining from naming a definite cause, the investigators suggested the plane was shot down.

According to Euronews, Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu blamed Ukraine for the downing of the Malaysian plane, following the release of the report.

The DSB expects to publish the definitive report within a year of the crash.

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Euronews, 09.09.14: Hit by ‘high-energy objects’: Dutch report into MH17 crash in Ukraine http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/09/hit-by-high-energy-objects-dutch-report-into-mh17-crash-in-ukraine/

The Guardian, 09.09.14: MH17 destroyed in instant by 'number of high-energy objects', says report http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/09/mh17-destroyed-instant-high-energy-objects-report

France24, 09.09.14: Flight MH17 pierced by 'high-speed objects', says Dutch report http://www.france24.com/en/20140909-flight-mh17-split-pieces-mid-air-dutch-report-says/

Dutch Safety Board: Investigation crash MH17, 17 July 2014 Donetsk [Report, 2014] http://www2.onderzoeksraad.nl/en/onderzoek/2049/investigation-crash-mh17-17-july-2014

The New York Times, 09.09.14: Malaysian Jet Over Ukraine Was Downed by ‘High-Energy Objects,’ Dutch Investigators Say http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/world/europe/malaysian-airliner-ukraine.html

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BBC News, 08.09.14: MH17 disaster: Russians 'controlled BUK missile system' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29109398

ESO: Background information: International investigators reach MH17 crash site in Ukraine http://www.europeansources.info/record/international-investigators-reach-mh17-crash-site-in-ukraine/

Euronews, 09.09.14: Malaysia seeks justice after Dutch report says ‘objects’ hit flight MH17 over Ukraine http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/09/malaysia-seeks-justice-after-dutch-report-says-objects-hit-flight-mh17-over-/

RIA Novosti, 10.09.14: Unidentified Fragments Found in Bodies of MH17 Crew: Dutch Safety Board http://en.ria.ru/world/20140910/192802348/Unidentified-Fragments-Found-in-Bodies-of-MH17-Crew-Dutch-Safety.html

Euronews, 10.09.14: Russia blames Ukraine for downing Malaysian airliner http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/10/russia-blames-ukraine-for-downing-malaysian-airliner/

ESO: Background information: The Dutch and MH17 National heartbreak http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-dutch-and-mh17-national-heartbreak/

Euro|Topics: Main Focus, 10.09.14: MH17: The Netherlands presents its report http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/archiv_dossier/DOSSIER150150-MH17-The-Netherlands-presents-its-report

DutchNews.nl, 09.09.14: 'We must not jump to conclusions' about MH17 report, warns Dutch PM http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/09/we_must_not_jump_to_conclusion.php

BBC News, 12.09.14: MH17 crash: Investigation focuses on '25 metal shards' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29180887

DutchNews.nl, 12.09.14: MH17 investigators find metal shards in victims, may be from missile http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/09/mh17_investigators_find_metal.php

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