Investigators probing the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down in July 2014 in eastern Ukraine, said Tuesday they had identified possible Russian-made BUK missile fragments from eastern Ukraine.
These are the main developments since the plane crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine killing all 298 people aboard:
-- 2014 --
- July 17: A Boeing 777 of Malaysia Airlines flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashes close to the village of Grabove, in the strife-torn region of Donetsk in east Ukraine. Dutch nationals account for 196 of the dead.
- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks of a "terrorist act". Pro-Russian rebels claim that the airliner was shot down by a Ukrainian jet. Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine "bears responsibility" for the crash.
- July 18: US President Barack Obama says a missile fired from separatist-held territory is to blame. He says rebels would not have been able to hit the airliner without Russian support.
- US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, says the plane was probably shot down by an SA-11, a common variant of Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile.
- July 21: The UN Security Council adopts a resolution condemning the attack and demanding crash site access.
- July 22: Rebels hand over the plane's two black boxes to Malaysian experts.
- September 9: A first report released by the Netherlands says MH17 split into pieces during flight after being hit by numerous high-speed objects.
-- 2015 --
- June 30: Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur says chances of finding human remains of the last two victims of the crash are "unlikely".
- July 17: In the Netherlands and other countries relatives of victims of flight MH17 join emotional memorials. Britain calls for an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible.
- July 29: Russia vetoes a UN Security Council resolution, drafted by Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine, that seeks to set up a tribunal.
- August 11: Investigators probing the crash say they have identified seven large fragments "probably" from a BUK surface-air-missile system".
Investigators probing the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down in July 2014 in eastern Ukraine, said Tuesday they had identified possible Russian-made BUK missile fragments from eastern Ukraine.
These are the main developments since the plane crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine killing all 298 people aboard:
— 2014 —
– July 17: A Boeing 777 of Malaysia Airlines flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashes close to the village of Grabove, in the strife-torn region of Donetsk in east Ukraine. Dutch nationals account for 196 of the dead.
– Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks of a “terrorist act”. Pro-Russian rebels claim that the airliner was shot down by a Ukrainian jet. Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine “bears responsibility” for the crash.
– July 18: US President Barack Obama says a missile fired from separatist-held territory is to blame. He says rebels would not have been able to hit the airliner without Russian support.
– US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, says the plane was probably shot down by an SA-11, a common variant of Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile.
– July 21: The UN Security Council adopts a resolution condemning the attack and demanding crash site access.
– July 22: Rebels hand over the plane’s two black boxes to Malaysian experts.
– September 9: A first report released by the Netherlands says MH17 split into pieces during flight after being hit by numerous high-speed objects.
— 2015 —
– June 30: Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur says chances of finding human remains of the last two victims of the crash are “unlikely”.
– July 17: In the Netherlands and other countries relatives of victims of flight MH17 join emotional memorials. Britain calls for an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible.
– July 29: Russia vetoes a UN Security Council resolution, drafted by Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine, that seeks to set up a tribunal.
– August 11: Investigators probing the crash say they have identified seven large fragments “probably” from a BUK surface-air-missile system”.
