Aviation experts. it was quite an accomplishment. they need a lot more time and freedom of access to go about and look carefully at the wreckage for two reasons. the black boxes may still with there and secondly to determine how this plane was brought down. we want to take a closer look at the fighting in eastern ukraine. this map highlights the area of reb rebel forces. in the weeks leading up to thursday s downing of flight 17, several ukrainian military aircraft were shot down. we have more. reporter: the signs of danger were all around. this also follows a pattern of actions by russian backed separatists. june 13th pro-russian rebels
Flight 17, what we believe to be an attack, several ukrainian aircraft were shot down over eastern ukraine. that s led many to question, why aviation directors felt it was safe to send flights over a conflict zone. renee marsh has that story. reporter: the signs of danger were all around. this also follows a pattern of actions by russian-backed separatist. reporter: june 13th pro-russian rebels shot down a military transport plane, killing 49 people. june 24th, rebels shoot a ukrainian hell koericopter. this week, july 19th, and wednesday, a fighter jet shot down. the next day, flight 17 suffered the same fate. were red flags ignored? malaysia airlines says no. the flight pattern taken by
Rene marsh reports on the red flags. reporter: the signs of danger were all around. this also follows a pattern of actions by russian backed separatists. reporter: june 13th pro-russian rebels shot down a ukrainian transport plane killing 29 people. june 24th rebels shoot a ukrainian hermit shoot nine. and this week monday, july 14th, a cargo plane shot out of the sky. wednesday, a fighter jet shot down. the next day, flight 17 suffered the same fate. were red flags ignored? malaysia airlines says no. the flight path taken by mh17 was approved by the national civil aviations and by the countries whose air space the route passed through.