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Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region in August 2014.

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Australia and the Netherlands launch a new case against Russia over 2014 jet downing

3:27pm March 14, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The case centers on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The passenger jet crashed over Ukraine on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board.

A man wearing military fatigues stands next to the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines MH17 carrying 298 passengers and crew, that crashed in eastern Ukraine six years ago.

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Nearly 6 Years After MH17 Was Shot Down, Dutch Prosecutors Say They Will Sue Russia

9:17pm July 10, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Russia has denied any involvement in the 2014 crash of the Malaysian jetliner that killed nearly 300 people. Investigators say it was hit by a Russian-supplied surface-to-air missile.

Dutch National Police chief Wilbert Paulissen speaks Wednesday at a news conference in the Netherlands. International investigators accused four people of being involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine.

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4 Suspects Named And Face Murder Charges In Flight MH17 Shootdown

1:03am June 20, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The Dutch-led investigation accused three Russians and one Ukrainian of being involved in the 2014 incident, which claimed 298 lives. Court hearings are set to begin next March.

Graffiti on a wall commemorates the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash in 2014 in Koog aan de Zaan, The Netherlands. The aircraft was shot down by Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine using a Russian-made surface-to-air missile.

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Australian Couple Who Lost Children In MH17 Lambaste Trump For Not Confronting Putin

11:13am July 18, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement in the destruction of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down by a Russian missile over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 passengers and crew.

In Nieuwegein, Netherlands, on Friday, relatives and friends of victims gather in front of a "hedge of compassion" made of thousands of stuffed animals during a commemoration of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine.

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A Year After MH17 Shot Down, Kremlin Rebuffs Call For Tribunal

3:45pm July 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Russia's foreign minister says that a United Nations tribunal would only "ensure punishment of those Washington has decided are guilty."

Malaysia Airlines planes sit on the tarmac last year at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia.

Malaysia Airlines Plans To Cut A Third Of Its Workforce

1:41pm May 26, 2015

by Brian Naylor

The airline has been losing money for several years, and its brand was irreparably damaged by the loss of two planes last year.

A pro-Russian rebel fighter guards an area of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, earlier this week. Investigators erect a

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Clearing Of MH17 Debris Begins In Eastern Ukraine

3:39pm November 16, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Boeing 777 that crashed over the area on July 17, killing nearly 289 aboard, is widely believed to have been downed by a Russian-built, rebel-operated surface-to-air missile battery.

A photo taken on September 9, 2014 shows part of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at the crash site in the village of Hrabove, Ukraine.

Dutch Authorities Say One Malaysia Airlines Victim Was Wearing Oxygen Mask

4:12pm October 09, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Authorities still don't know how the mask got there, but they said it may signal that at least that one passenger was alive long enough to put it on.

Sabrina Tavernise speaks Russian and covered Russia for The New York Times in the early 2000s. She has covered war and conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza and Chechnya. She now reports on public health for The New York Times.

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Malaysia Flight Wreckage Was 'Like The End Of The World'

2:56pm August 06, 2014

The New York Times' Sabrina Tavernise was among the first to arrive at the site of the downed flight in Ukraine in late July. She says it's hard to get the faces of the dead out of her mind.

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The passenger jet had nearly 300 people aboard; none survived. A white ribbon tied to a stick indicates the presence of human remains at this region of the crash site, in Grabovka, Ukraine.

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Ukraine Accuses Rebels Of Destroying Evidence At MH17 Crash Site

11:45pm July 19, 2014

by Scott Neuman

U.S. and European officials worry that evidence pointing to the cause of the crash could be altered or removed, and that bodies exposed to the elements are beginning to decay.