Dutch prelim report issued

 Dutch prelim report issued

Date	2014/09/09 12:00:00 AM - Present
Description	The Dutch Safety Board preliminary report into the MH17 disaster published. It rules out crew/passenger actions or technical failure as the cause but says nothing else of substance that was not already known.

Further information

• Full report:File:MH17 preliminary report.pdf

Image collage illustrating the nature of the port wing and cockpit damage

The report does not apportion blame and publishes little that can easily be harnessed to the "Putin did it" meme'.

The physical evidence it describes is in fact more consistent with a fighter attack firing cannon from the port-side rear of the airliner since the cockpit area damage it describes and illustrates with images is also consistent with damage which - tellingly - it neither describes nor posts images of, but which is readily available to view online - see image right.

It is noteworthy that pressure and appeals to publish further information known to be in the Inquiry's possession comes only from Russia.