December 2014

Limited damage to cockpit suggests missile exploded around 15 meters in front , left and just above cockpit

December 20, 2014 // 31 Comments

by Pictures made during the recovery of the cockpit could indicate that a missile exploded about 15 meters in front and just above the cockpit. Damage observed to the area just behind the cockpit on [...]

Why was NOTAM info deleted from Dutch language version of DSB preliminary report while being leading language?

December 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

by At September 9 the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) released the preliminary report on the investigation of MH17. The report is available in both English and Dutch language. One day after the publication, [...]

Dutch Safety Board forgets to recover crucial debris for reconstruction in the Netherlands

December 17, 2014 // 4 Comments

by The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) is the leading organization into the investigation of the cause of the crash of MH17. To establish the cause, DSB decided to reconstruct parts of the plane in an [...]

What weapon could have downed MH17

December 16, 2014 // 1 Comment

by On this page I will provide an overview of which weapon could be used for downing MH17. This post will be updated later. a cannon fired by a fighter aircraft an air to air (A2A) missile a surface [...]

Is this the track of the BUK which shot down MH17 ?

December 15, 2014 // 4 Comments

by Google recently added new satellite photos of East Ukraine. When in Google Earth date July 20 2014 is selected an interesting track can be spotted in an area south of Snizhne. Snizhne is said to [...]

MH17 speed and altitude unchanged for 44 seconds after FDR and CVR stopped

December 11, 2014 // 4 Comments

by The Dutch Safety Board preliminary report stated that both the Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder stopped recording at 13:20:03 UTC time. That is 16:20:03 local Ukrainian time. [...]

Dutch Safety Board chairman Joustra confirms MH17 was not hit by bullets

December 11, 2014 // 1 Comment

by In an interview with Dutch TV program Nieuwsuur the chairman of the Dutch Safety Board says “dat er scherven zijn ingeslagen in het vliegtuig. This translates to ” the aircraft was hit [...]