Malaysia Airlines Flight Was Downed by Russian Military Unit, Investigation Shows
A part of the Buk missle that was fired on the MH17 flight is displayed on a table during a meeting of the Joint Investigation Team in Bunnik on May 24.
Photographer: Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/AFP/Getty Images
Bunnik, Netherlands (AP) -- The missile used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 aboard, belonged to a Russia-based military unit, an international team of investigators said Thursday after painstakingly studying video and photos of a military convoy.
The criminal investigation team "has concluded that the Buk Telar with which Flight MH17 was shot down is from the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade from Kursk in the Russian Federation," said Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Netherlands' National Crime Squad, referring to the missile system used.