Mystery AtlasJIT Buk Missile Finding
The Dutch-led investigation's conclusion, corroborated by the Dutch Safety Board's technical report and adopted by a Netherlands court in 2022, that MH17 was struck by a 9M38-series missile fired from a Buk surface-to-air missile system transported into and out of eastern Ukraine from Russia.
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Theories & Explanations
JIT Buk Missile Finding contradicts Russian MH17 Denial and Alternative Claims — The two accounts of what struck the aircraft cannot both be true; this edge records that they conflict, not which is correct.
Events
- Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 1717 July 2014
JIT Buk Missile Finding attempts to explain Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
- 2022 MH17 Trial Verdict17 November 2022
JIT Buk Missile Finding served as the basis for 2022 MH17 Trial Verdict — The District Court of The Hague's 2022 judgment adopted the JIT's missile and transport-route findings as the factual basis for its verdict.
Organisations & Programmes
JIT Buk Missile Finding is based on Joint Investigation Team (MH17) — The finding rests on the JIT's forensic, radar-track, and social-media geolocation reconstruction of the missile launcher's origin and transport route.
Science & Technology
JIT Buk Missile Finding is supported by Buk Missile System.