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MH17 might have been shot down from air — chief Dutch investigator
I didn't see this reported by the BBC, and I didn't bother to check NYT.
Source Der Spiegel: MH17: Ermittler Westerbeke über den Absturz in der Ukraine - SPIEGEL ONLINE
This will be later merged with this: http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/europe-russia/61895-civil-war-ukraine.html
I didn't see this reported by the BBC, and I didn't bother to check NYT.
Source RT: http://rt.com/news/199891-dutch-investigation-mh17-crash/The chief Dutch prosecutor investigating the MH17 downing in eastern Ukraine does not exclude the possibility that the aircraft might have been shot down from air, Der Spiegel reported. Intelligence to support this was presented by Moscow in July.
The chief investigator with the Dutch National Prosecutors' Office Fred Westerbeke said in an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel published on Monday that his team is open to the theory that another plane shot down the Malaysian airliner.
Disclaimer: Google Translator could have introduced artefacts, such as, but not limited to, interpreting "Nein" as "Yes." Interpret in context.SPIEGEL ONLINE: Bislang gibt es also keine hieb- und stichfesten Beweise?
Westerbeke: Nein. Wenn man allerdings in die Zeitungen schaut, dann sieht es immer so aus, als wäre ganz klar, was mit dem Flugzeug passiert ist und wer daran die Schuld trägt. Wenn wir aber tatsächlich den oder die Täter vor Gericht bringen wollen, brauchen wir Beweise und mehr als ein mitgeschnittenes Telefonat aus dem Internet oder Fotos von der Absturzstelle. Deshalb ziehen wir nicht nur ein Szenario in Betracht, sondern mehrere.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Welche Szenarien sind das?
Westerbeke: Anfangs haben wir für den Absturz von Flug MH17 vier mögliche Erklärungen in Betracht gezogen: Einen Unfall, einen Terroranschlag, den Abschuss durch eine Boden-Luft-Rakete oder einen Angriff durch ein anderes Flugzeug. Nach dem Erscheinen des Zwischenberichts durch den niederländischen Sicherheitsrat OVV...
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SPIEGEL ONLINE: So far, there is no indisputable evidence?
Westerbeke: Yes. If you look in the newspapers, however, it always looks as if quite clear what happened to the aircraft and who is to blame. But if we really want to bring the perpetrators to justice or, we need evidence and more than a recorded phone call from the internet or photos of the crash site. That's why we not only attract a scenario into consideration, but several.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: What are the scenarios?
Westerbeke: first we have drawn four possible explanations considered for the crash of Flight MH17: An accident, a terrorist attack, the shooting down by a surface to air missile or an attack by another aircraft. After the publication of the interim report by the Dutch Security OVV ...
Source Der Spiegel: MH17: Ermittler Westerbeke über den Absturz in der Ukraine - SPIEGEL ONLINE
This will be later merged with this: http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/europe-russia/61895-civil-war-ukraine.html
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