Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came to grief on July 17, 2014, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, and all 298 people on board the plane were killed. This occurred during unrest in the area that had escalated into an armed conflict between pro-Russia separatists and the Ukrainian government, a few months after Russia annexed Crimea. The Dutch Safety Board and Dutch-led joint investigation team concluded that the Boeing 777-200ER had been downed by Russia-backed rebels with a Buk surface-to-air missile.
They also concluded that it had most likely been a tragic mistake to hit a civilian aircraft.
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