MH17: Prosecutors to shed more light on missile-downed plane

An international team of prosecutors will today present its findings on MH17, the Malaysian Airlines flight downed by a missile over Ukraine in 2014.

The flight was hit during a flight between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur on 17 July, killing 298 people on board, most of them Dutch citizens.

The Boeing 777 fell apart in mid air over rebel-held Ukraine, spreading wreckage over several miles in the country, where Ukrainian government forces were engaged in fierce fighting with pro-Russian separatists.

Last year, an investigation by the Dutch Safety Board found the plane was hit by a Buk surface to air missile, a type only made by state-controlled Russian firm Almaz-Antey.