The airspace Malaysian Airlines flight
MH17 was flying in when it was shot down was not restricted, but
airlines had been warned about the potential dangers, it has emerged.
The
International Transport Association said that an initial assessment
revealed that the airspace the aircraft was travelling through was 'not
subject to restrictions'.
DEATH TOLL SO FAR
154 Dutch nationals
45 Malaysians (including 15 crew members)
27 Australians
12 Indonesians
Nine Britons
Four Germans
Four Belgians
Three Filipinos
One Canadian and
41 unconfirmed
The Boeing 777 was flying just 300 metres above restricted airspace when it was shot down.
Ukrainian
authorities had barred aircraft from ground level to 32,000 feet but
the downed aircraft was cruising at 33,000 feet, still within range of
ground-to-air missiles, when it was hit.
Flight MH17 had taken off from Amsterdam at lunchtime on Thursday July 17,2014 and was flying at around 33,000ft on one of the main routes from Europe.
The jet was travelling at 33,000 feet at 490 knots when it disappeared from radar screens while approaching the Russian border.
It
is believed that the Malaysian Airlines pilots ignored several warnings
to avoid the airspace over Ukraine.
It is understood the Malaysian
Airline jet used the Ukrainian route to save fuel as diverting north or
south would have taken longer.
Images have emerged of 22 of the children who died when a missile hit
Flight MH17 as it passed over eastern Ukraine en route to Kuala Lumpur.They make up just over a quarter of the 80 youngsters who lost their lives in the disaster.
Ukrainian emergency workers carry a victim's body in a bag, at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 20, 2014
The bodies of victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 await collection by the side of the road near the crash site on July 20, 2014 in Grabovo, Ukraine.
Armed pro-Russian separatists stand guard in front of the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the village of Grabove, in the region of Donetsk on July 20, 2014
The BUK surface-to-air missile system (like this one) that is believed to have shot down flight MH17 is an old Soviet-built weapon designed to engage light aircraft, cruise missiles and drones
Ukrainian emergency workers carry a victim's body in a bag, at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 20, 2014
The bodies of victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 await collection by the side of the road near the crash site on July 20, 2014 in Grabovo, Ukraine.
Armed pro-Russian separatists stand guard in front of the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the village of Grabove, in the region of Donetsk on July 20, 2014
The BUK surface-to-air missile system (like this one) that is believed to have shot down flight MH17 is an old Soviet-built weapon designed to engage light aircraft, cruise missiles and drones
Rebel commander blamed for downing MH17
The rebel commander blamed for shooting down flight MH17 has made bizarre claims that bodies at the crash site 'aren't fresh'.
A man of
mystery with at least three names, Strelkov believed by Ukraine to be a
serving Russian colonel in the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of
the country’s army – a charge firmly denied by Moscow.
He
commands pro-Russian forces now in control of Sloviansk in eastern
Ukraine, but his enemies suspect he is a direct agent of the Kremlin.
Pro-Russian separatist Igor Girkin has claimed corpses near the debris died days before the plane took off.
According
to rebel website Russkaya Vesna, the leader was told by people at the
scene in eastern Ukraine that 'a significant number of the bodies were
drained of blood and reeked of decomposition.'
Armed Russian rebels stop international experts from reaching wreck and fire warning shots
Monitors
from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
were prevented from conducting their investigation by militiamen during
their first trip to the scene.
The
separatists reportedly fired warning shots as the group of 30 officials
approached, forcing them to leave after just 75 minutes.
US President Barack Obama announced Friday July 18,2014 that the rebels believed to be behind the rocket attack on a Malaysian Airlines jetliner in eastern Ukraine have had 'a steady stream of support from Russia
People lay flowers and light candles in front of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kiev on July 17, 2014, to commemorate passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur which crashed in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Dutch ambassador Kees Klompenhouwer left flowers outside the Dutch embassy in Kiev
The pack with Italy's Vincenzo Nibali, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, observes a minute of silence for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash in the Ukraine prior to the start of the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 197.5 kilometers (122.7 miles) with start in Saint-Etienne and finish in Chamrousse, France, Friday, July 18, 2014
Malaysian activists hold banners during a protest at the United Nations office in Kuala Lumpur to demand justice for the 298 victims of the MH17 crash
The MH17 black boxes have been handed over to the Malaysian investigation team in Ukraine, it was revealed last night Monday July 21,2014
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that the boxes were handed over to the Malaysian team in Donetsk at 9pm Ukraine time.
The small handing over ceremony has finally solved the question as to what had happened to the two vital devices.
Russia Ambassador to Malaysia Lyudmila Vorobyeva, left, speaks during a press conference on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 tragedy at her embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Vorobyeva said that experts had confirmed that the black boxes of the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine "were not tampered with."
The refrigerated train carrying the bodies of MH17 crash victims has finally set off from rebel-held Torez in eastern Ukraine four days after the disaster
The refrigerated train carrying the bodies of MH17 crash victims has finally set off from rebel-held Torez in eastern Ukraine four days after the disaster
The bodies of the victims were ferried from the site to a station in rebel-held Torez using rubbish trucks
The bodies of the victims were ferried from the site to a station in rebel-held Torez using rubbish trucks
A train carrying the remains of more than 280 victims of the Malaysia
Airlines MH17 disaster arrives in the Ukrainian government-held city of
Kharkiv
The first bodies of MH17 victims were farewelled with a ramp ceremony by an honour guard at Kharkiv airport, in Ukraine's north east, before they were flown to the Netherlands
The first coffins containing victims of MH17 have landed in the Netherlands after leaving Ukraine on Wednesday July 23,2014
Governor-General Peter Cosgrove
(pictured holding his hat) was waiting in the Netherlands as the first
planes arrived and will receive all Australian bodies with honours as
they fly from Ukraine
Forty coffins containing the
bodies from Flight MH17 have landed in the Netherlands, with grieving
families and Australian dignitaries among those who solemnly received
the unidentified victims
A full-page obituary notice is printed in the national daily De Volkskrant with names of all 293 victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 issued by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Crash investigators have made several significant discoveries as the search for bodies from flight MH17 continues in Ukraine.
More
wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines plane was found, including a 'huge
piece of fuselage' in a heavily wooded area near the sprawling crash
site in Donetsk Oblast.
The
OSCE says this is the biggest piece of the Malaysia Airlines plane found
so far. The fuselage was found in the forest with some of the windows
still intact
More parts of MH17's wreckage in the village of Petropavlivka
The
search team has also discovered more bodies, after it emerged that as
many as 100 of the flight's passengers and crew remain unaccounted for.
The
discoveries come on the same day that it was announced a five-nation
coalition has been formed, tasked with securing the MH17 crash site.
It
is thought the countries involved - Netherlands, Australia, Great
Britain, Germany and Malaysia - will provide forces to take control of
the 50-square-kilemetre site
However,
the five-nation arrangement has not yet been signed off by Ukraine's
President Petro Poroshenko and it will also need to go through the
Ukraine Parliament
When
it comes into effect officials from the Netherlands, Australia, Great
Britain, Germany and Malaysia will be allowed freedom of movement in
Ukraine for the purpose of the international investigation
The
crash site is now officially the responsibility of Dutch investigators,
but there have been complaints that rebel fighters have caused problems
by blocking access and harassing recovery workers.
April 20, 1978:
Korean Airlines Flight 902, which diverted from its planned course on a
flight from Paris to Seoul and strayed over the Soviet Union.
After being fired upon by an interceptor aircraft, the crew made a forced landing at night on the surface of a frozen lake. Two of the 97 passengers were killed by the hostile fire
September 1, 1983: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down by at least one Soviet air-to-air missile after the 747 had strayed into Soviet airspace. All 240 passengers and 29 crew were killed
July 3, 1988: Iran Air Flight 655 Aircraft was shot down by a surface to air missile from the American naval vessel U.S.S. Vincennes. All 16 crew and 274 passengers were killed
After being fired upon by an interceptor aircraft, the crew made a forced landing at night on the surface of a frozen lake. Two of the 97 passengers were killed by the hostile fire
September 1, 1983: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down by at least one Soviet air-to-air missile after the 747 had strayed into Soviet airspace. All 240 passengers and 29 crew were killed
July 3, 1988: Iran Air Flight 655 Aircraft was shot down by a surface to air missile from the American naval vessel U.S.S. Vincennes. All 16 crew and 274 passengers were killed
HIJACKINGS, CRASHES AND UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: A TIMELINE OF OTHER DISASTERS TO HIT MALAYSIA AIRLINES
December, 4 1977 - Flight MH653 was hijacked and crashed in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, killing all 100 people on board.
September 15, 1995 - Flight MH2133 touched down too far along the runway at Tawau Airport, Sabah, killing 32 passengers and two crew members.
March 15, 2000 - Flight MH85, travelling to Kuala Lumpur to Beijin, was damaged by the chemical oxalyl chloride, which leaked from canisters during unloading. The Airbus A330-300 was sufficiently damaged to be written-off.
March 8, 2014 - Fight MH370, carrying 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers, went missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport.
The Boeing 777 has still yet to be found, despite months of extensive searches in the southern Indian Ocean where it was believed to have crashed. The next phase of the search is expected to start in August and take a year, covering some 60,000 sq km at a cost of AU$60 million ($56 million) or more.
March 24, 2014 - Flight MH066, travelling from Kuala Lumper to Incheon, South Korea, was forced to make an emergency landing in Hong Kong after its main electricity generator failed.
Passengers onboard the flight later revealed they were told to prepare for an emergency water landing. However, the plane landed safely in Hong Kong in the early hours of the morning.
April 21, 2014 - Flight MH192, carrying 166 people, was forced to turn back to Kuala Lumpur while flying to India after a tyre burst and the right-hand landing gear malfunctioned. Police later confirmed an investigation had begun into whether the flight had been interfered with before take-off.
April 24, 2014 - A plane belonging to Firefly Airlines (a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines) was forced to return to Penang after suffering problems with its landing gear.
A statement on the company's website said: 'This was because the aircraft's landing gear was unable to retract after being airborne. As safety is of utmost priority to Firefly Airlines, the aircraft was required to turn back to Penang.'
July 17, 2014 - Flight MH17 was shot down on the Russian-Ukraine border, killing all 295 people on board.
September 15, 1995 - Flight MH2133 touched down too far along the runway at Tawau Airport, Sabah, killing 32 passengers and two crew members.
March 15, 2000 - Flight MH85, travelling to Kuala Lumpur to Beijin, was damaged by the chemical oxalyl chloride, which leaked from canisters during unloading. The Airbus A330-300 was sufficiently damaged to be written-off.
March 8, 2014 - Fight MH370, carrying 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers, went missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport.
The Boeing 777 has still yet to be found, despite months of extensive searches in the southern Indian Ocean where it was believed to have crashed. The next phase of the search is expected to start in August and take a year, covering some 60,000 sq km at a cost of AU$60 million ($56 million) or more.
March 24, 2014 - Flight MH066, travelling from Kuala Lumper to Incheon, South Korea, was forced to make an emergency landing in Hong Kong after its main electricity generator failed.
Passengers onboard the flight later revealed they were told to prepare for an emergency water landing. However, the plane landed safely in Hong Kong in the early hours of the morning.
April 21, 2014 - Flight MH192, carrying 166 people, was forced to turn back to Kuala Lumpur while flying to India after a tyre burst and the right-hand landing gear malfunctioned. Police later confirmed an investigation had begun into whether the flight had been interfered with before take-off.
April 24, 2014 - A plane belonging to Firefly Airlines (a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines) was forced to return to Penang after suffering problems with its landing gear.
A statement on the company's website said: 'This was because the aircraft's landing gear was unable to retract after being airborne. As safety is of utmost priority to Firefly Airlines, the aircraft was required to turn back to Penang.'
July 17, 2014 - Flight MH17 was shot down on the Russian-Ukraine border, killing all 295 people on board.
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