MH17: Victims heard missile blast before their deaths
- 9 years ago
One of the last things that passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 likely heard was the detonation of the missile that took down their plane.
The Dutch Safety Board said that a pressure wave caused by the exploding warhead led to a "deafening" sound.
"This loud and abnormal sound must have been audible to everyone on board," according to a section of the report by DSB.
Unveiling a final report over the crash at the Gilze-Rijen military base Tuesday, DSB head Tjibbe Joustra said a warhead fired by a Russian-made Buk missile system downed MH17 on Jul 17 2014, which led to the deaths of 298 people on board.
Missile fragments from the warhead struck the cockpit, killing its three crew members instantly.
Those on board were suddenly exposed to an airflow of 900kph, according to the report.
The Dutch Safety Board said that a pressure wave caused by the exploding warhead led to a "deafening" sound.
"This loud and abnormal sound must have been audible to everyone on board," according to a section of the report by DSB.
Unveiling a final report over the crash at the Gilze-Rijen military base Tuesday, DSB head Tjibbe Joustra said a warhead fired by a Russian-made Buk missile system downed MH17 on Jul 17 2014, which led to the deaths of 298 people on board.
Missile fragments from the warhead struck the cockpit, killing its three crew members instantly.
Those on board were suddenly exposed to an airflow of 900kph, according to the report.