Report into cause of MH17 crash to be published Oct. 13
The long-awaited conclusions of an international investigation into the cause of the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 will be published Oct. 13, the panel conducting the probe announced Thursday.
The Dutch Safety Board, which is leading the civil investigation into the July 17, 2014, crash in eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 people on board the plane said relatives of the dead will be informed of the conclusions before the report's publication, the Associated Press reported.
The Boeing 777 is widely believed to have been shot out of the air by a surface-to-air missile. Western authorities have pointed blame at Russian-backed separatist rebels who were fighting Ukrainian government forces in the area. Russia has denied that and blamed the Ukrainian forces, who also denied downing the plane.
Most victims on the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur were Dutch.