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Dutch report blames Russian-made BUK missile for the downing of flight MH17

Dutch Safety Board Chairman Tjibbe Joustra speaks in front of the wrecked cockpit of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17

Dutch Safety Board Chairman Tjibbe Joustra speaks in front of the wrecked cockpit of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 Source: AAP

Dutch investigators have concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight M-H-17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from eastern Ukraine. The plane crashed over Ukraine on July 17 last year [2014] en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. 38 Australian citizens and residents were among the 298 people killed. Maheswaran Prabaharan reports in Tamil, feature prepared by Zara Zaher for SBS News.



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