Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Timeline
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HOURWEEKMONTHYEARReport of Junta using civilian planes as cover2014-06-18T00:00:000Start: 18 June 2014 00:00:00
Description: Militia Soldier - Elena, from Sloviansk tells of Ukrainian fighter planes using civilian airliners as cover prior to attacking the city
Antonov 26 19 blue downed2014-07-14T12:00:000Start: 14 July 2014 12:00:00
Description: Antonov 26 transport plane of the Ukrainian Air Force crashed near Izvaryne
Mil SitRep for MH17 area2014-07-15T01:00:002014-07-17T01:00:000Start: 15 July 2014 01:00:00
End: 17 July 2014 01:00:00
Description: Military Situation report for the MH17 area
UKr BUK on TV2014-07-16T12:00:000Start: 16 July 2014 12:00:00
Description: Ukraine army Buk system footage day before shooting down Flight MH17 - English Subtitles
1st Ukr SU-25 downed2014-07-16T16:00:000Start: 16 July 2014 16:00:00
Description: Shot down near Gorlovki/Gorlovka/Horlivka
Ukr SBU comms intercepts2014-07-17T01:00:000Start: 17 July 2014 01:00:00
Description: Alleged SSU, radio interception of conversations between "terrorists", "Boeing-777" plane crash (YouTube upload time approx)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Leaves departure gate2014-07-17T10:14:002014-07-17T10:14:000Start: 17 July 2014 10:14:00
End: 17 July 2014 10:14:00
Description: Aircraft leaves the departure gate at Amsterdam's Schipol airport
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Takeoff2014-07-17T10:30:002014-07-17T10:30:000Start: 17 July 2014 10:30:00
End: 17 July 2014 10:30:00
Description: The aircraft became airborne from Schipol runway 36C
Cruising altitude reached2014-07-17T10:53:000Start: 17 July 2014 10:53:00
Description: Aircraft reaches cruising altitude of FL310 (31,000 ft)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/First altitude change2014-07-17T12:01:000Start: 17 July 2014 12:01:00
Description: Just prior to entering Ukrainian airspace, the flight climbed to FL330 (33,000 ft)
Weather conditions2014-07-17T13:00:000Start: 17 July 2014 13:00:00
Description: Map compiled from ICAO weather station data at 13:00 UTC
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Last ADS-B contact2014-07-17T13:21:280Start: 17 July 2014 13:21:28
Description: Last contact by the ADS-B (Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) of flight tracking web sites.
Strelkov shoot-down post2014-07-17T13:50:000Start: 17 July 2014 13:50:00
Description: Post on VK.com, purporting to be by Igor Strelkov, claiming to have shot down a Ukrainian AN26 transport plane
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/ATC lost contact confirmed2014-07-17T14:15:000Start: 17 July 2014 14:15:00
Description: MAS confirms it received notification from Ukrainian ATC that it had lost contact with MH17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/First reports of crash2014-07-17T15:24:002014-07-17T15:24:000Start: 17 July 2014 15:24:00
End: 17 July 2014 15:24:00
Description: First reports come from an "aviation source" quoted by the Russian Interfax news agency
Kiev says shot down2014-07-17T15:40:000Start: 17 July 2014 15:40:00
Description: Interfax-Ukraine News Agency quotes Anton Gerashchenko, a Ukrainian interior ministry official, as saying: "Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 shot down over eastern Ukraine by militants"
First shoot-down reports appear2014-07-17T16:00:000Start: 17 July 2014 16:00:00
Description: Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, accuses DPR Militia of shooting down the plane with a 'Buk' SAM.
SBU siezes Ukraine ATC tapes2014-07-17T20:00:000Start: 17 July 2014 20:00:00
Description: Reports of Ukraine SBU seizing the Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk ATC tapes of conversations between MH17 and Ukraine air traffic control
Russian military info revealed2014-07-21T00:00:000Start: 21 July 2014 00:00:00
Description: Russia MOD presentation reveals that no missile launch was detected and that a Uktainian fighter plane was detected close to the Airliner just before it crashed
UNSCR 2166 requires truce2014-07-21T12:53:000Start: 21 July 2014 12:53:00
Description: UN Security Council adopts resolution 2166 which, among other things requires a cessation of military action within 20 Km of the crash site
Black-boxes handed to Malay officials2014-07-21T23:15:000Start: 21 July 2014 23:15:00
Description: Reports of Black-boxes handed over to Malaysian officials by DPR Militia
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Black-boxes/Arrival in UK2014-07-22T12:00:000Start: 22 July 2014 12:00:00
Description: Black boxes delivered to the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), Farnborough
BBC confirms SU25 fighter planes close to MH172014-07-23T00:00:000Start: 23 July 2014 00:00:00
Description: BBC Russia correspondent Olga Ivshina interviews locals who state that two fighter planes were close to Flight MH17 just before it crashed.
Russian ATA questions2014-07-25T00:00:000Start: 25 July 2014 00:00:00
Description: Russia’s Air Transport Agency publish 22 questions and 6 'necessary actions' addressed to the Ukrainian authorities
Kiev suspends crash-site truce2014-08-07T00:00:000Start: 7 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: Junta president Pyotr Poroshenko announces unilateral suspension of the truce with the DPR militia in the region of the crash site
ATC tapes still missing2014-08-08T00:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: Malaysia New Strait Times reports the Ukrainian ATC tapes as "still missing"
Crash causes classified2014-08-08T00:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: 4-country agreement signed in Kiev by Ukraine, the Netherlands, Belgium and Australia to keep, information on the progress and results of the investigation of the disaster classified.
Malaysia wants ATC tapes2014-08-08T12:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Malaysia wants the ‘missing’ Ukrainian ATC tapes
Crash Site Map released2014-08-08T12:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Dutch government releases crash-site investigation map
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Investigation/Censorship agreement2014-08-08T12:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Holland, Belgium, Australia & Ukraine signed a “Non-Disclosure Agreement” that prevents any of them from disclosing the results of the MH17 investigation and gives any one of them arbitrary veto power over disclosure which is binding on the other signatories.
Dutch PM thanks locals2014-08-08T12:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Dutch PM thanks locals (dissidents) for their assistance with the investigation.
Kiev in breach of UNSCR 21662014-08-08T16:45:000Start: 8 August 2014 16:45:00
Description: Russian Foreign Ministry says that Ukraine is in breach of UNSCR by formally repudiating the cease-fire agreement around the crash site
Kiev to resume truce if asked2014-08-08T18:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 18:00:00
Description: Kiev government ready to extend the ceasefire near the crash site upon receiving a request from a multinational commission investigating the disaster.
Criminal investigation stmt2014-08-14T12:00:000Start: 14 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Criminal investigation plane crash in full swing
Churkin demands ATC data at UN2014-08-18T00:00:000Start: 18 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: Anatoly Churkin demands Ukraine authorities release recordings of Ukrain ATC recordings concerning the flight.
Crash Investigation Stmnt 92014-08-21T11:00:000Start: 21 August 2014 11:00:00
Description: Questions and answers concerning the investigation into flight MH17- at 21 aug 2014
Lavrov on Kiev ATC tapes2014-08-25T16:00:000Start: 25 August 2014 16:00:00
Description: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says it is unclear why Kiev does not release its ATC recordings
Lavrov pushes disclosure again2014-08-26T00:00:000Start: 26 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: Russian FM Sergei Lavrov presses again for full disclosure of flight recorder and ATC recordings
RUE MH17 report2014-08-26T01:00:000Start: 26 August 2014 01:00:00
Description: Russian Union of Engineers: reconstruction of the attack on the "Boeing"
DSB to report summer 20152014-09-02T00:00:000Start: 2 September 2014 00:00:00
Description: Dutch Safety Board says final report on MH17 crash will be produced in summer 2015 - interim report shortly.
Malay team at crash site 2nd visit2014-09-08T00:00:000Start: 8 September 2014 00:00:00
Description: second visit of Malaysian experts team to the crash site. Malay defense minister voices concerns for their security
Dutch prelim report issued2014-09-09T00:00:000Start: 9 September 2014 00:00:00
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.
Prosecution Report 12 Sep2014-09-12T09:00:000Start: 12 September 2014 09:00:00
Description: Criminal investigation of air disaster to be a long-term task
2014-07-21T12:53:00
Description: Militia Soldier - Elena, from Sloviansk tells of Ukrainian fighter planes using civilian airliners as cover prior to attacking the city
Antonov 26 19 blue downed2014-07-14T12:00:000Start: 14 July 2014 12:00:00
Description: Antonov 26 transport plane of the Ukrainian Air Force crashed near Izvaryne
Mil SitRep for MH17 area2014-07-15T01:00:002014-07-17T01:00:000Start: 15 July 2014 01:00:00
End: 17 July 2014 01:00:00
Description: Military Situation report for the MH17 area
UKr BUK on TV2014-07-16T12:00:000Start: 16 July 2014 12:00:00
Description: Ukraine army Buk system footage day before shooting down Flight MH17 - English Subtitles
1st Ukr SU-25 downed2014-07-16T16:00:000Start: 16 July 2014 16:00:00
Description: Shot down near Gorlovki/Gorlovka/Horlivka
Ukr SBU comms intercepts2014-07-17T01:00:000Start: 17 July 2014 01:00:00
Description: Alleged SSU, radio interception of conversations between "terrorists", "Boeing-777" plane crash (YouTube upload time approx)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Leaves departure gate2014-07-17T10:14:002014-07-17T10:14:000Start: 17 July 2014 10:14:00
End: 17 July 2014 10:14:00
Description: Aircraft leaves the departure gate at Amsterdam's Schipol airport
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Takeoff2014-07-17T10:30:002014-07-17T10:30:000Start: 17 July 2014 10:30:00
End: 17 July 2014 10:30:00
Description: The aircraft became airborne from Schipol runway 36C
Cruising altitude reached2014-07-17T10:53:000Start: 17 July 2014 10:53:00
Description: Aircraft reaches cruising altitude of FL310 (31,000 ft)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/First altitude change2014-07-17T12:01:000Start: 17 July 2014 12:01:00
Description: Just prior to entering Ukrainian airspace, the flight climbed to FL330 (33,000 ft)
Weather conditions2014-07-17T13:00:000Start: 17 July 2014 13:00:00
Description: Map compiled from ICAO weather station data at 13:00 UTC
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Last ADS-B contact2014-07-17T13:21:280Start: 17 July 2014 13:21:28
Description: Last contact by the ADS-B (Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) of flight tracking web sites.
Strelkov shoot-down post2014-07-17T13:50:000Start: 17 July 2014 13:50:00
Description: Post on VK.com, purporting to be by Igor Strelkov, claiming to have shot down a Ukrainian AN26 transport plane
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/ATC lost contact confirmed2014-07-17T14:15:000Start: 17 July 2014 14:15:00
Description: MAS confirms it received notification from Ukrainian ATC that it had lost contact with MH17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/First reports of crash2014-07-17T15:24:002014-07-17T15:24:000Start: 17 July 2014 15:24:00
End: 17 July 2014 15:24:00
Description: First reports come from an "aviation source" quoted by the Russian Interfax news agency
Kiev says shot down2014-07-17T15:40:000Start: 17 July 2014 15:40:00
Description: Interfax-Ukraine News Agency quotes Anton Gerashchenko, a Ukrainian interior ministry official, as saying: "Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 shot down over eastern Ukraine by militants"
First shoot-down reports appear2014-07-17T16:00:000Start: 17 July 2014 16:00:00
Description: Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, accuses DPR Militia of shooting down the plane with a 'Buk' SAM.
SBU siezes Ukraine ATC tapes2014-07-17T20:00:000Start: 17 July 2014 20:00:00
Description: Reports of Ukraine SBU seizing the Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk ATC tapes of conversations between MH17 and Ukraine air traffic control
Russian military info revealed2014-07-21T00:00:000Start: 21 July 2014 00:00:00
Description: Russia MOD presentation reveals that no missile launch was detected and that a Uktainian fighter plane was detected close to the Airliner just before it crashed
UNSCR 2166 requires truce2014-07-21T12:53:000Start: 21 July 2014 12:53:00
Description: UN Security Council adopts resolution 2166 which, among other things requires a cessation of military action within 20 Km of the crash site
Black-boxes handed to Malay officials2014-07-21T23:15:000Start: 21 July 2014 23:15:00
Description: Reports of Black-boxes handed over to Malaysian officials by DPR Militia
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Black-boxes/Arrival in UK2014-07-22T12:00:000Start: 22 July 2014 12:00:00
Description: Black boxes delivered to the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), Farnborough
BBC confirms SU25 fighter planes close to MH172014-07-23T00:00:000Start: 23 July 2014 00:00:00
Description: BBC Russia correspondent Olga Ivshina interviews locals who state that two fighter planes were close to Flight MH17 just before it crashed.
Russian ATA questions2014-07-25T00:00:000Start: 25 July 2014 00:00:00
Description: Russia’s Air Transport Agency publish 22 questions and 6 'necessary actions' addressed to the Ukrainian authorities
Kiev suspends crash-site truce2014-08-07T00:00:000Start: 7 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: Junta president Pyotr Poroshenko announces unilateral suspension of the truce with the DPR militia in the region of the crash site
ATC tapes still missing2014-08-08T00:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: Malaysia New Strait Times reports the Ukrainian ATC tapes as "still missing"
Crash causes classified2014-08-08T00:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: 4-country agreement signed in Kiev by Ukraine, the Netherlands, Belgium and Australia to keep, information on the progress and results of the investigation of the disaster classified.
Malaysia wants ATC tapes2014-08-08T12:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Malaysia wants the ‘missing’ Ukrainian ATC tapes
Crash Site Map released2014-08-08T12:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Dutch government releases crash-site investigation map
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17/Investigation/Censorship agreement2014-08-08T12:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Holland, Belgium, Australia & Ukraine signed a “Non-Disclosure Agreement” that prevents any of them from disclosing the results of the MH17 investigation and gives any one of them arbitrary veto power over disclosure which is binding on the other signatories.
Dutch PM thanks locals2014-08-08T12:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Dutch PM thanks locals (dissidents) for their assistance with the investigation.
Kiev in breach of UNSCR 21662014-08-08T16:45:000Start: 8 August 2014 16:45:00
Description: Russian Foreign Ministry says that Ukraine is in breach of UNSCR by formally repudiating the cease-fire agreement around the crash site
Kiev to resume truce if asked2014-08-08T18:00:000Start: 8 August 2014 18:00:00
Description: Kiev government ready to extend the ceasefire near the crash site upon receiving a request from a multinational commission investigating the disaster.
Criminal investigation stmt2014-08-14T12:00:000Start: 14 August 2014 12:00:00
Description: Criminal investigation plane crash in full swing
Churkin demands ATC data at UN2014-08-18T00:00:000Start: 18 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: Anatoly Churkin demands Ukraine authorities release recordings of Ukrain ATC recordings concerning the flight.
Crash Investigation Stmnt 92014-08-21T11:00:000Start: 21 August 2014 11:00:00
Description: Questions and answers concerning the investigation into flight MH17- at 21 aug 2014
Lavrov on Kiev ATC tapes2014-08-25T16:00:000Start: 25 August 2014 16:00:00
Description: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says it is unclear why Kiev does not release its ATC recordings
Lavrov pushes disclosure again2014-08-26T00:00:000Start: 26 August 2014 00:00:00
Description: Russian FM Sergei Lavrov presses again for full disclosure of flight recorder and ATC recordings
RUE MH17 report2014-08-26T01:00:000Start: 26 August 2014 01:00:00
Description: Russian Union of Engineers: reconstruction of the attack on the "Boeing"
DSB to report summer 20152014-09-02T00:00:000Start: 2 September 2014 00:00:00
Description: Dutch Safety Board says final report on MH17 crash will be produced in summer 2015 - interim report shortly.
Malay team at crash site 2nd visit2014-09-08T00:00:000Start: 8 September 2014 00:00:00
Description: second visit of Malaysian experts team to the crash site. Malay defense minister voices concerns for their security
Dutch prelim report issued2014-09-09T00:00:000Start: 9 September 2014 00:00:00
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.
Prosecution Report 12 Sep2014-09-12T09:00:000Start: 12 September 2014 09:00:00
Description: Criminal investigation of air disaster to be a long-term task
2014-07-21T12:53:00