Flight MH17 was shot down in 2014. Here's what happened to the Malaysia Airlines plane
5 months, 1 week ago

Flight MH17 was shot down in 2014. Here's what happened to the Malaysia Airlines plane

ABC  

A decade ago, a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot out of the sky and crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing everyone on board. "No scenario other than a Buk surface-to-air missile can explain this combination of facts," the Dutch Safety Board's summary of the crash says. On the day MH17 was shot down, 160 flights flew over the area, the Dutch Safety Board's report said. In January last year, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia exercised jurisdiction in eastern Ukraine when flight MH17 was shot down. Three men were convicted of murder by a Dutch court in 2022: Igor Girkin, who was commanding armed forces in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at the time of the attack Sergey Dubinskiy, a deputy of Girkin who was leading intelligence activities in the area Leonid Kharchenko, who was leading a pro-Russian rebel unit in Donetsk They were not accused of actually firing the missile, but the court found they helped get the missile launcher into Ukraine.

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Relatives of those killed when MH17 was shot down mark 10 years since tragedy that claimed 298 lives
5 months, 1 week ago

Relatives of those killed when MH17 was shot down mark 10 years since tragedy that claimed 298 lives

New Indian Express  

VIJFHUIZEN, Netherlands: Relatives of passengers and crew killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine gathered in Australia and the Netherlands on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 298 lives, over half of whom were Dutch. Australian Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus represented his country at the Dutch memorial site, where 298 trees were …

Russia, Ukraine face off in top UN court over MH17 airliner downing
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia, Ukraine face off in top UN court over MH17 airliner downing

India Today  

Ukraine and Russia face off at the top United Nations court on Tuesday over Moscow's alleged backing of pro-Russian separatists blamed for the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014. Judges at the International Court of Justice will hear Ukraine's claim that Moscow violated a UN anti-terrorism treaty by equipping and funding pro-Russian forces who international investigators concluded …

Putin Likely Approved MH17 Missile Supply, Investigators Say
1 year, 10 months ago

Putin Likely Approved MH17 Missile Supply, Investigators Say

News 18  

There are “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the supply of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, international investigators said Wednesday. “There are strong indications that a decision was made at the presidential level, by President Putin, to supply the DPR with the Buk TELAR” missile system, Dutch prosecutor Digna van Boetzelaer …

MH17 Crash Investigators to Reveal New Findings
1 year, 10 months ago

MH17 Crash Investigators to Reveal New Findings

News 18  

International investigators said they will next month unveil the result of a probe into “other parties” involved in downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 after three people were found guilty last year. The findings are expected to deal with their research into who actually fired the missile that shot down the plane over eastern Ukraine in 2014, and who originally supplied …

Dutch Judges Sentences Three to Life in Prison for Shooting Down MH17 in 2014
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch Judges Sentences Three to Life in Prison for Shooting Down MH17 in 2014

News 18  

Dutch judges convicted two Russian men and a Ukrainian man in absentia of murder for their role in the shooting down of Flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 with the loss of 298 passengers and crew and handed them life sentences. “Only the most severe punishment is fitting to retaliate for what the suspects have done, which has caused so …

Three men guilty of murdering 298 people on MH17 flight with Russian-made missile
2 years, 1 month ago

Three men guilty of murdering 298 people on MH17 flight with Russian-made missile

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three men have been convicted …

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash: Everything we know about the gunning down of a passenger plane
2 years, 1 month ago

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash: Everything we know about the gunning down of a passenger plane

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The shape of the fragments of shrapnel found in the wreckage and in the bodies of some of those on …

MH17 flight verdict: 2 Russians, 1 Ukrainian separatist convicted of murdering 298 people
2 years, 1 month ago

MH17 flight verdict: 2 Russians, 1 Ukrainian separatist convicted of murdering 298 people

The Hindu  

A Dutch court on November 17 convicted two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist in absentia of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said that evidence presented by prosecutors at a trial that lasted more than two years proved that the Boeing 777 flying …

Dutch court convicts three MH17 suspects, acquits one
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch court convicts three MH17 suspects, acquits one

Al Jazeera  

Eight years after all 298 on board died, two Russians and one Ukrainian are sentenced to life in prison for murder. A court in the Netherlands has found three men guilty over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 killing all 298 people on board. “We welcome The Hague District Court finding …

Dutch PM, King react to MH17 sentencing, as does Zelenskyy
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch PM, King react to MH17 sentencing, as does Zelenskyy

NL Times  

With the verdict in the MH17 case "we have come a step closer to finding truth and justice for the victims and the surviving relatives," said Prime Minister Mark Rutte in an initial reaction. Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz also does not see the verdict in the MH17 case as the final piece in the case about the passenger plane, …

Dutch judges to deliver verdicts in MH17 downed plane trial
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch judges to deliver verdicts in MH17 downed plane trial

Associated Press  

SCHIPHOL, Netherlands — It still happens to Silene Frederiksz-Hoogzand after more than eight years. Also on trial is Sergey Dubinskiy, 60, a former officer in the Russian military intelligence service known as the GRU and one of Girkin’s deputies in 2014. It went on to hear evidence of tapped communications between the suspects that prosecutors say point to their guilt, …

8 years later, Dutch judges to pass verdicts in passenger jet downing over Ukraine
2 years, 1 month ago

8 years later, Dutch judges to pass verdicts in passenger jet downing over Ukraine

LA Times  

People inspect the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine, on July 17, 2014. Dutch judges are set to deliver their verdict Thursday in the trial in absentia of three Russians and a Ukrainian over their alleged roles in the 2014 downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet and the deaths of all 298 …

MH17 trial at an end: Defense accuses prosecutor of tunnel vision; Family ready for closure
2 years, 6 months ago

MH17 trial at an end: Defense accuses prosecutor of tunnel vision; Family ready for closure

NL Times  

Two years, three months, and one day after the start of the lawsuit around the downing of flight MH17, Friday is the last day of the substantive treatment of the massive trial. They believe that the Russian should be acquitted and accuse the prosecution of "tunnel vision" and an "inability to see how risky it is to ignore the red …

MH17 ruling in November at earliest
2 years, 7 months ago

MH17 ruling in November at earliest

NL Times  

The court will rule in the extensive MH17 trial on November 17th at the earliest, but the ruling could also happen on December 15th. The court chairman announced this on Monday at the start of the hearing in the high-security court at Schiphol. The court had reserved three possible dates for the ruling. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down …

Australia and Netherlands sue Russia over MH17 crash: What happened to the plane and what the case is all about
2 years, 9 months ago

Australia and Netherlands sue Russia over MH17 crash: What happened to the plane and what the case is all about

Firstpost  

The two countries have approached the International Civil Aviation Organization alleging that Moscow breached international aviation law and played a role in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014 Amid the war in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions levied against Russia, the Vladimir Putin-led country will now also face legal action through the International Civil Aviation …

Lawyers of MH17 suspect to argue for acquittal
2 years, 9 months ago

Lawyers of MH17 suspect to argue for acquittal

NL Times  

The extensive criminal trial about the downing of flight MH17 will continue from Monday. All 298 people on board the Malaysia Airlines plane, including many Dutch people, died in the MH17 disaster. After years of investigation, the Public Prosecution Service prosecuted four suspects: rebel leader Igor Girkin, his right-hand man Sergey Dubinskiy, his assistant Pulatov, and garrison commander Leonid Kharchenko. …

Flight radar shows how ALL commercial aircraft are avoiding skies over Ukraine, Belarus and Russia
2 years, 10 months ago

Flight radar shows how ALL commercial aircraft are avoiding skies over Ukraine, Belarus and Russia

Daily Mail  

Dozens of flights are diverting their routes around Ukraine after airspace was closed following Russia's all-out invasion earlier this morning. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said earlier that airspace in those two countries, within 100 nautical miles of their borders with Ukraine, could also pose safety risks. Dozens of flights are diverting their routes around Ukraine after airspace was …

Ukraine invasion redraws airline route map, planes avoid airspace
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine invasion redraws airline route map, planes avoid airspace

Al Jazeera  

Planes, crews are stranded in Kyiv, and airlines skirt Ukraine’s airspace as Russia invasion continues. Airlines scrambled to adapt to conflict in Europe on Thursday as Ukraine closed its airspace, fuel prices soared, and carriers were urged to “exercise caution” deep inside Russia hours after Moscow’s military invaded Ukraine. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said Ukraine’s skies and airspace …

Ukraine flights diverted and cancelled as tension rises
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine flights diverted and cancelled as tension rises

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Saturday the UK government urged: “British nationals in Ukraine should leave now while commercial means are still available.” But …

Netherlands won’t deport Russian informants in MH17 investigation
3 years ago

Netherlands won’t deport Russian informants in MH17 investigation

NL Times  

The Netherlands won't deport a Russian couple who gave the judiciary information about the downing of flight MH17, the Volkskrant reports. In July 2014, the woman accidentally overheard information about who was involved in firing the BUK missile that brought down flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine earlier that same month. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine …

MH17 prosecutors demand life sentences for four suspects accused of downing plane
3 years ago

MH17 prosecutors demand life sentences for four suspects accused of downing plane

ABC  

Dutch prosecutors have demanded life sentences for four suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. Key points: The prosecutions says the four used a Russian missile to bring down the passenger jet The trial is being held in the Netherlands at a high security courtroom near Schiphol Airport Verdicts aren't expected until September …

Prosecutor: MH17 "undeniably" downed by Buk missile
3 years ago

Prosecutor: MH17 "undeniably" downed by Buk missile

NL Times  

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was "undeniably" downed by a Buk missile over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. The Public Prosecution Service is convinced of this, and explained in detail how it came to that conclusion on Tuesday during the second day of its final argument in the trial at the extra-secure courthouse near Schiphol Airport. The suspects are rebel …

Ukraine warned months in advance that MH17 flight route was dangerous
3 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine warned months in advance that MH17 flight route was dangerous

NL Times  

Ukraine signaled to European countries and aviation organization Eurocontrol several months before the devastating crash of the MH17 flight that the flight space was not safe. In the report, it was stated that Ukraine could no longer guarantee aircrafts safe passage over the Ukrainian air space, due to ongoing conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels. Three months before the …

Angry families demand justice from Russia at MH17 crash trial
3 years, 3 months ago

Angry families demand justice from Russia at MH17 crash trial

Al Jazeera  

Relatives of the passengers and crew killed in the shooting down of flight MH17 testify in Dutch court for first time. “I think, probably next to the verdict, it is one of the most important days for the family members because they can speak to the court, but through speaking to the court, they speak to the suspects and also …

Russian cooperators in MH17 investigation denied asylum in Netherlands
3 years, 5 months ago

Russian cooperators in MH17 investigation denied asylum in Netherlands

NL Times  

A Russian couple who requested asylum in the Netherlands because of their inside knowledge about the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was rejected by Dutch immigration office IND. International investigators have said the Russian military and Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine perpetrated the attack, while Russia has pointed the finger at the Ukrainian military. They also did not disclose …

EXPLAINER: What’s behind the conflict in eastern Ukraine?
3 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s behind the conflict in eastern Ukraine?

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Tensions are rising over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, with growing violations of a cease-fire and a massive Russian military buildup near its border with the region. While the separatists have asked Russia to incorporate the rebel territories, Moscow has ignored the demand — apparently figuring that those eastern regions would eventually help draw Ukraine back into Russia’s …

Russia cuts off MH17 talks with Netherlands, Australia
4 years, 2 months ago

Russia cuts off MH17 talks with Netherlands, Australia

NL Times  

Russia stopped negotiations with the Netherlands and Australia regarding its accountability in the downing of flight MH17 in 2014. According to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia is withdrawing from the talks because the Netherlands took Russia to the European Court of Human Rights. Minister Stef Blok of Foreign Affairs said in response that he "deeply" regrets Russia's decision …

Netherlands files human rights case against Russia over downed Flight MH17
4 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands files human rights case against Russia over downed Flight MH17

NL Times  

The Dutch government announced on Friday it has filed a case against Russia for its role in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster in which nearly 300 people were killed. "Nearly six years since the downing of Flight MH17, which killed all 298 people on board, the pursuit of truth, justice and accountability remains the top priority for the Dutch …

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