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FILE: Employees of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service look at the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 two days after it crashed in a sunflower field near the village of Rassipnoe, in rebel-held east Ukraine, on 19 July 2014. Picture: AFP

Mh17

Dutch government to file suit against Russia over downing of MH17

By Reuters

The Netherlands, home to roughly two-thirds of the 298 victims, holds Russia responsible for the crash on 17 July 2014. The Kremlin has consistently denied...

  • FILE: Magistrates wait, on 9 March 2020 in Schiphol, before the opening of the trial of four men accused of murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, even though the suspects are still at large. Picture: AFP

    Victims' names read out in sombre start to MH17 trial

    The suspects - three Russians and one Ukrainian - were not present in court but judges decided to continue the hearing, the fruit of a long fight for justice by relatives and investigators since the crash on 17 July 2014.

    841 days ago
  • FILE: Employees of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service look at the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 two days after it crashed in a sunflower field near the village of Rassipnoe, in rebel-held east Ukraine, on 19 July 2014. Picture: AFP

    Dutch trial seeks justice for MH17 families

    For more than five years relatives have called for the prosecution of those responsible for shooting down the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with the loss of all 298 men, women and children on board.

    846 days ago
  • People lay flowers and light candles in front of the Schiphol airport on July 18, 2014, a day after a Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in eastern Ukraine. Picture: AFP.

    Calls for justice on fifth anniversary of MH17 crash

    The remembrance services in the Netherlands and Kuala Lumpur came less than a month after international investigators charged three Russians and a Ukrainian with the murder of the 298 people who died.

    1078 days ago
  • Ukrainian soldiers carry coffins with the remains of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash to a military plane during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 23 July 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Russians, Ukrainian to face murder charges over downing of Flight MH17

    The suspects are likely to be tried in absentia in proceedings set to start in the Netherlands next March. Dutch authorities said Russia has not cooperated with the inquiry and is not expected to surrender defendants.

    1105 days ago
  • FILE: People release white balloons in the air during a silent march in memory of the victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, on 23 July 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Over 2 000 relatives unveil a 'living memorial' to missing flight MH17 victims

    298 trees have been planted in the shape of a green ribbon, one for each of the victims who died on board the Malaysia airline.

    1807 days ago
  • FILE: Employees of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service look at the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 two days after it crashed in a sunflower field near the village of Rassipnoe, in rebel-held east Ukraine, on 19 July 2014. Picture: AFP

    Trials linked to downing of passenger flight MH17 to be held in Netherlands

    The decision follows attempts to set up an international court over the incident.

    1820 days ago
  • Summary of the Dutch progress into the shooting down of MH17.

    Details of investigation into downing of MH17

    Details of investigation into downing of MH17

    2099 days ago
  • Dutch Safety Board Chairman Tjibbe Joustra speaks in front of the wrecked cockpit of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 exhibited during a presentation of the final report on the cause of the its crash at the Gilze Rijen airbase 13 October, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Investigation finds MH17 downed from pro-Russia rebel held territory

    A surface-to-air missile hit Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on its way from Amsterdam in 2014.

    2100 days ago
  • This photo taken on 26 July 2014 shows flowers, left by parents of an Australian victim of the crash, laid on a piece of the Malaysia Airlines plane MH17, near the village of Hrabove in the Donetsk region. Picture: AFP.

    Initial results from Flight MH17 probe expected later this year

    Nearly 300 people were killed when the plane was shot down in eastern Ukraine in July 2014.

    2174 days ago
  • Dutch Safety Board Chairman Tjibbe Joustra speaks in front of the wrecked cockpit of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 exhibited during a presentation of the final report on the cause of the its crash at the Gilze Rijen airbase 13 October, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    MH17 investigation at 'advanced stage'

    Prosecutors have made 'several requests' for legal assistance from countries involved.

    2216 days ago
  • Dutch Safety Board Chairman Tjibbe Joustra speaks in front of the wrecked cockpit of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 exhibited during a presentation of the final report on the cause of the its crash at the Gilze Rijen airbase 13 October, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Flight MH17 was shot down by Russian-built missile, Dutch report says

    The long-awaited findings of the Dutch Safety Board did not specify who launched the missile.

    2451 days ago
  • Graphic on the 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster. Investigators said Tuesday they have found fragments “probably” from a Russian-made surface-to-air missile at the crash site.

    Inside the MH17 tragedy

    Inside the MH17 tragedy

    2512 days ago
  • This photo taken on 26 July 2014 shows flowers, left by parents of an Australian victim of the crash, laid on a piece of the Malaysia Airlines plane MH17, near the village of Hrabove in the Donetsk region. Picture: AFP.

    'Fragments from MH17 site may be from Russian-made missile'

    The plane crashed over Ukranian territory held by pro-Russian rebels in July 2014 killing all on board.

    2513 days ago
  • FILE: People gather during a candle-light vigil for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur on July 18, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    UN to vote on MH17 tribunal

    Russia proposed a rival text that demands justice for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

    2531 days ago
  • Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team transport the body of a victim from AirAsia flight QZ8501 recovered from the Java Sea in the rain at Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan on 1 January, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Indonesia finds two ‘large objects’ in search for AirAsia jet

    Flight QZ8501 plunged into the Java Sea on Sunday while en route from Surabaya to Singapore.

    2734 days ago
  • Indonesian Army personnel keep watch during a search and rescue operation for missing Malaysian air carrier AirAsia flight QZ8501, over the waters of the Java Sea on December 29, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Flight QZ8501: Search expanded, US sends warship

    The AirAsia plane is presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast.

    2738 days ago
  • An official from Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency in Medan, North Sumatra points at his computer screen to the position where AirAsia flight QZ8501 went missing off the waters of Indonesia on December 28, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    AirAsia plane believed to have crashed in sea

    The Airbus A320-200 jet carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed in the Java Sea.

    2739 days ago
  • FILE: Flowers, teddy bears and a note reading "Remember. Mourn" lie at the site of the crash of flight MH17 on 19 July 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Dutch to begin assembling MH17 wreckage

    The wreckage was transferred under a deal with Kiev.

    2758 days ago
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