Weirdest MH17 conspiracy theories â from Illuminati plot to plane filled with corpses
It is seven years on Saturday since the Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down, killing all 298 people onboard. The Russians have been blamed, but that has not stopped the outlandish conspiracy theories
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Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 crashed in the war-torn Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board.
According to the DSB’s findings, the Boeing 777 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile with a 9N314M warhead. However, the Dutch experts were unable to determine which side in the conflict – the Ukrainian government forces or the rebels – was responsible for firing the missile.
Some of the key conclusions of the Dutch Safety Board’s final report on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash were ‘unsubstantiated and inaccurate,’ Russia’s aviation agency said in a letter to its counterpart in the Netherlands, citing new research.
CANBERRA, Australia – Families of victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are suing Russia and its President Vladimir Putin in the European Court of Human Rights.
CANBERRA, Australia – Families of victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are suing Russia and its President Vladimir Putin in the European Court of Human Rights.
The jet was shot down by a Russian-made missile over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 on board.
The West and Ukraine say Russian-backed rebels were responsible but Russia accuses Ukrainian forces.
The families’ claim is based on the violation of a passenger’s right to life, News.com.au reported.
Kirill Mikhailov, a researcher with the Conflict Intelligence Team, has been closely following the in-absentia trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with murder in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Mikhailov describes the trial and the new evidence that has emerged.
A critical stage in the trial of the four men accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 is about to begin.
All 298 on board the passenger plane were killed, including 38 people who called Australia home, when it was shot down in Ukraine, over an area where Ukrainian government forces were fighting Russian-backed rebels.
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A pro-Russian rebel touches the MH17 wreckage at the 2014 crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine(AP)
Judges and lawyers in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian have visited the wreckage of the plane at a Dutch military air base.