All 298 people on board the Malaysia Airlines flight died when the plane downed over territory held by pro-Russian rebels.
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“The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) investigates several parts, possibly originating from a Buk surface-air-missile system”, a statement from prosecutors said.
According to the Prosecutor, these parts were secured during a previous salvage mission in Eastern Ukraine.
Dutch Safety Board spokesperson Sara Vernooij said on Monday that the DSB-led group was meeting in the Netherlands to discuss the course of the investigation into the Flight MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine.
Russian Federation and the rebels deny any responsibility and point the finger at Ukraine’s military.
The joint investigation team comprises representatives of the Netherlands, Ukraine, Malaysia, Australia, the UK, US and Russian Federation.
Prosecutors will now enlist the help of weapons and forensics experts to further investigate the suspected missile parts, said spokesman Wim de Bruin.
But they cautioned that the conclusion can not yet be drawn “that there is a causal connection between the discovered parts and the crash of flight MH17”.
Ukrainian government forces and local militias accuse each other of shooting down the passenger jet with 298 people on board.
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The board, which is conducting the civilian investigation into the cause of the crash, is expected to issue its final report in October, but not to apportion blame.
