Russia Officially Found Responsible for MH17, Wong Hails ‘Historic Moment’

The International Civil Aviation Organisation has found Russia responsible for shooting down the Malaysian Airlines flight in 2014.

View of the MH17 wreckage as judges inspect its reconstruction as part of the murder trial ahead of the beginning of a critical stage in Reijen, Netherlands, on May 26, 2021. Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool/Reuters

It’s been more than a decade since the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down with a Buk missile over Eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014—now findings by a top aviation authority have found Russia responsible.

The passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was carrying 298 passengers and crew, including 38 Australian nationals, when a surface-to-air missile exploded near the cockpit, severely damaging the plane and causing its rapid descent.