KIEV (Sputnik) – The Ukrainian parliament has ratified an agreement with the Netherlands to extend the investigations into the downing of a MH17 passenger jet over Ukraine to August 1, 2016.
On July 17, 2014, flight MH17 was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it crashed in southeastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board died in the crash.
According to a September 2014 preliminary report by the Dutch Safety Board, MH17 broke up in the air after being hit by multiple high-energy objects from outside the aircraft.
