US State Department Claims Dutch MH17 Crash Probe 'Transparent'

© AFP 2023 / BULENT KILICA picture taken on July 26, 2014 shows flowers left by the parents of an Australian passenger on the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 near the village of Hrabove (Grabove) in the Donetsk region
A picture taken on July 26, 2014 shows flowers left by the parents of an Australian passenger on the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 near the village of Hrabove (Grabove) in the Donetsk region - Sputnik International
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The United States welcomes the Dutch Safety Board’s MH17 crash report, which is a byproduct of an open and unbiased inquiry, State Department spokesperson Mark Toner told reporters on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Earlier on Tuesday, the Dutch Safety Board circulated its final report stating that the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane crashed in eastern Ukraine last year, because it was hit by a ground-to-air missile that exploded near the left side of the plane.

"We welcome the important findings of the Dutch Safety Board’s in its final report on the shootdown of Malaysian airlines flight MH17," Toner said.

"This report is the result of an independent, transparent and rigorous 15-month investigation."

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Toner added that, while the report supports the US claims that the MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile that emanated from separatist-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine, it does not assign blame to any parties.

US National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price said earlier on Tuesday that the White House considers the Dutch MH17 report an important milestone in the effort to hold accountable those responsible for the shootdown.

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The possibility that flight MH17 was shot down by an air-to-air missile should not have been excluded from the probe, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency said in comments published alongside the official report on the Dutch Safety Board website.

On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airline flight MH17 was shot out of the sky near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. All 298 people on board, mostly Dutch citizens, were killed.

Kiev and the West have blamed eastern Ukrainian militia for the incident. Militia leaders say the groups do not possess weapons capable of bringing down a commercial passenger plane flying at cruising altitude.

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