KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 ― The final report on investigations into flight MH17's fatal crash over eastern Ukraine nearly a year ago allegedly places some responsibility on national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) for not doing enough to steer clear of a conflict zone, US broadcaster CNN reported today.
Quoting two sources said to have seen the report, CNN reported the Dutch Safety Board ― which had led the investigations ― found that because MAS was unaware of conflict zones other airlines were avoiding as it did not review warnings from other countries.
“Sources who have seen the report say the Dutch Safety Board suggests Malaysia Airlines didn't have a robust system like other carriers,” CNN said in its report.
The story also cited one of the sources as claiming that evidence gathered by investigators points to pro-Russian rebels as the ones responsible for firing a BUK surface-to-air missile that destroyed the plane midair.
The probe concluded that the Russian-made missile was launched from a village within the territory controlled by the rebels in Ukraine's restive east.
The final report is expected to be completed and published in the first half of October 2015, according to CNN's report.
All 298 passengers and crew were killed on July 17, 2014, after flight MH17 broke apart midair.
