Russia rejects Dutch probe into MH17 crash

Russia rejects Dutch probe into MH17 crash
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Russia has issued a scathing response to the Dutch Safety Board’s report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. 9K37 #BUK-M1 SA-11

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Russia has issued a scathing response to the Dutch Safety Board’s report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.

9K37 #BUK-M1 SA-11 Gadfly Ground-to-air #9M38#missile on armoured technical data sheet Read http://t.co/9XTM1ZbhiLpic.twitter.com/af2yDsz0Md

— Army Recognition (@ArmyRecognition) October 13, 2015

According to Dutch investigators the aircraft crashed as a result of being hit by a Russian made Buk surface to air missile.

Excerpt from Jul.16 2015 briefing by Oleg Storchevoy on the position of RU Federal Air Transport Agency wrt to #MH17pic.twitter.com/llmtPSYdgY

— Олесь Morozenko (@ukrainik) July 16, 2015

Oleg Storchevoy from the Russian Federal Air Transport Commission refuted the findings completely: “There is not a single hole in the body of the Boeing 777 that indicates it was downed by a Buk missile. The Russian side has analysed the results of tests using this missile and carried out its own research and experiments. We have reached an unequivocal conclusion that the so called projectiles found at the crash site were produced to steer the inquiry in the desired direction.’‘

The only point on which Moscow agreed with the Dutch was that Ukraine should have closed its airspace to civil aviation as conflict raged below.

Meticulous Dutch investigations into the MH17 crash inspire confidence http://t.co/nG8xYTWBxDpic.twitter.com/y0hB0k60Zu

— Bloomberg Business (@business) October 14, 2015

Russia says it will continue its own investigation into the crash and invited interested parties to contribute.

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