Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed by a Russian-made “warhead” fired from eastern Ukraine that detonated outside the jet’s cockpit, Dutch investigators confirmed in their final report Tuesday.
The findings of the Dutch Safety Board were announced at a press conference against the dramatic backdrop of the Boeing 777’s partially reconstructed fuselage.
Tjibbe Joustra, chairman of the Dutch Safety Board, told the press conference the crash was caused by “the detonation of a warhead outside the airplane…to the left of the cockpit.”
