At first glance, the preliminary report on the July 17 crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over eastern Ukraine is pretty thin gruel. It does, however, rule out most explanations except the one that involves a ground-to air-missile. At the same time, it ends hopes that flight data might somehow reveal who shot down the plane, killing its 283 passengers and 15 crew members.
The Dutch Safety Board’s dispassionate, technical report describes a perfectly ordinary flight. The Malaysian Boeing 777-200 was manned by a double crew, each of the captains boasting more than 10,000 hours of flight experience on similar aircraft. …read more
Source: National Post
