MH17 disaster – summary of

findings

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile, the Dutch Safety Board says. The missile was fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine

RECOVERED PLANE DEBRIS

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777

Tail section

Centre section

Cockpit and

forward section

Impact:

Warhead

detonates one metre above

and to left side of cockpit, killing

all three crew. Forward section,

12.5m from nose, breaks off

2km

Debris field

1.2 miles

Hrabove

Tail and

centre

sections

Petropavlivka

Shrapnel found

Buk missile:

Forward

section

in bodies of crew is consistent

with 9N314M warhead

Rozsypne

All people die

Passengers:

Cockpit

or lose consciousness instantly

Ukraine should

Air space:

have closed air space over

conflict zone

Missile fired from

320sq km area

NETHERLANDS

RUSSIA

14:20GMT:

Last contact over

conflict zone

BELARUS

POLAND

GERMANY

11:00GMT

12:00GMT

Kiev

Amsterdam, 10:15GMT:

MH17 takes off for Kuala

Lumpur on July 17, 2014,

with 298 passengers

and crew aboard

UKRAINE

MOLDOVA

HUNGARY

ROMANIA

300km

200 miles

Black Sea

Source: Dutch Safety Board

Picture: Google

MH17 disaster – summary of

findings

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile, the Dutch Safety Board says. The missile was fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777

RECOVERED PLANE DEBRIS

Tail section

Centre section

Cockpit and

forward section

Impact:

Warhead

detonates one metre above

and to left side of cockpit, killing

all three crew. Forward section,

12.5m from nose, breaks off

2km

Debris field

1.2 miles

Hrabove

Tail and

centre

sections

Petropavlivka

Shrapnel found

Buk missile:

Forward

section

in bodies of crew is consistent

with 9N314M warhead

Rozsypne

All people die

Passengers:

or lose consciousness instantly

Cockpit

Ukraine should

Air space:

have closed air space over

conflict zone

Missile fired from

320sq km area

NETHERLANDS

RUSSIA

14:20GMT:

Last contact over

conflict zone

BELARUS

POLAND

GERMANY

11:00GMT

12:00GMT

Kiev

Amsterdam, 10:15GMT:

MH17 takes off for Kuala

Lumpur on July 17, 2014,

with 298 passengers

and crew aboard

UKRAINE

MOLDOVA

HUNGARY

ROMANIA

300km

200 miles

Black Sea

Source: Dutch Safety Board

Picture: Google

MH17 disaster – summary of findings

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile, the Dutch Safety Board says. The missile was fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine

RECOVERED PLANE DEBRIS

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777

Tail section

Centre section

Cockpit and forward section

Impact

Buk missile

Warhead detonates

one metre above and

to left side of cockpit,

killing all three crew.

Forward section,

12.5m from nose,

breaks off

Shrapnel found in bodies

of crew is consistent with

9N314M warhead

Passengers

All people die or lose

consciousness instantly

Air space

Ukraine should have closed all air space over

conflict zone. On day of disaster, air space was

closed to flight level FL320 (320,000 feet, 9.8km).

Flight MH17 was flying at authorised altitude of

FL330 (33,000ft or 10.1km)

2km

1.2 miles

Debris field

Hrabove

Tail and

centre

sections

Petropavlivka

Forward

section

Rozsypne

Cockpit

Missile fired from

320sq km area

NETH.

RUSSIA

Conflict

zone

BELARUS

POLAND

GERMANY

UKRAINE

Amsterdam, 10:15GMT:

MH17 takes off for Kuala

Lumpur on July 17, 2014,

with 298 passengers

and crew aboard

14:20GMT:

Last contact

300km

200 miles

Source: Dutch Safety Board

MH17 disaster – summary of findings

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile, the Dutch Safety Board says. The missile was fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine

RECOVERED PLANE DEBRIS

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777

Tail section

Centre section

Cockpit and forward section

Impact

Warhead detonates one metre

above and to left side of cockpit,

killing all three crew. Forward

section, 12.5m from nose,

breaks off

Buk missile

Shrapnel found in bodies of

crew is consistent with 9N314M

warhead

Passengers

All people die or lose

consciousness instantly

Air space

Ukraine should have closed all

air space over conflict zone.

On day of disaster, air space

was closed to flight level FL320

(320,000 feet, 9.8km).

Flight MH17 was flying at

authorised altitude of FL330

(33,000ft or 10.1km)

Debris field

Hrabove

Petropavlivka

Tail and centre

sections

Forward

section

Rozsypne

Cockpit

2km

Missile fired from

320sq km area

1.2 miles

Amsterdam, Netherlands:

MH17 takes off at 10:15GMT,

July 17, 2014, with 298

passengers and crew aboard

14:20GMT:

Last contact

300km

200 miles

RUSSIA

UKRAINE

Source: Dutch Safety Board