Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crashed last year after it was hit by a Russian-made missile, a new animation released by the Dutch Safety Board has revealed.
The report, released on Tuesday in the Netherlands, found that a Russian-made Buk missile exploded just a few metres above and to the left of the plane’s cockpit.
“(The) impact (of the missile shrapnel) was only instantly fatal to the occupants of the cockpit,” the report found.
However, it cannot be said when the passengers, who were exposed to deafening noises, “abrupt deceleration, decompression, reduced oxygen level, extreme cold, powerful airflow (and) objects flying around” died.
“Some occupants remained conscious for some time during the one to one and a half minutes for which the crash lasted.”
