Boeing 777-200 crash, Jul 17, 2014 (298 killed), Hrabove
Boeing 777-200 accident on July 17, 2014 near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine with 298 fatalities. Cause: DSB: a 9N314M warhead of a 9M38 series Buk...
- Date: July 17, 2014
- Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
- Location: Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 298
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: DSB: a 9N314M warhead of a 9M38 series Buk missile detonated outside the left side of the cockpit at 13:20:03 UTC, causing the aircraft to break up in flight. The board did not determine who launched the missile.
On 17 July 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Boeing 777 200 on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was cruising at 33,000 feet over eastern Ukraine when it broke up in mid air. The Dutch Safety Board concluded that a warhead detonated outside the left side of the cockpit at 13:20:03 UTC, fired from a Buk surface to air missile system launched from eastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board died, and the board did not identify who fired the missile.