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The Dutch Safety Board released this chilling animation of MH17 being hit with a missile

Published by Business Insider on Tue, 13 Oct 2015


The Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014, was hit by a BUK surface-to-air missile over the eastern part of Ukraine, the Dutch Safety Board has concluded in a final report."No scenario other than a Buk surface-to-air missile can explain this combination of facts," thereportstated.It was a BUK missile that hit the left upper part of the cockpit," a visibly shaken relative, Robby Oehlers, told reporters, just after being briefed by Dutch officials in The Hague, the AFP reports.The warhead,fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine,detonated to the left side and slightly above the cockpit, as shown in a video from the Dutch Safety Board."The forward section of the aircraft was penetrated by hundreds of high-energy objects coming from the warhead. As a result of the impact and the subsequent blast, the three crew members in the cockpit were killed immediately and the aeroplane broke up in the air,"thereportstated."Wreckage from the aeroplane was distributed over various sites within an area of 50 square kilometres. All 298 occupants were killed."Here's how BUK missiles work:And here is the full video via the Dutch Safety Board(and here is the full report):SEE ALSO:Investigators: MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from a rebel-held areaJoin the conversation about this story
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