Who Shoot # Malaysia Airlines MH17?

Debris Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 295 passengers from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur which fell in Shaktarsk City, eastern Ukraine, Thursday (17/08/2014).AP PHOTO / Dmitry Lovetsky

The aircraft belongs to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH code 17 crashed in Ukraine on Thursday (07/17/2014). Investigation while stating that the aircraft crashed due to ground-air missile shot, but it is not known who the shooter.
United States intelligence analysts said military satellite data and other sources have been used to ensure that the aircraft crashed due to surface-to-air missile attacks. The same data source is still processed to determine the location of the missile launcher.
According to two intelligence officials told the United States that are willing to AFP on condition of anonymity, the data processing was to determine whether the missiles posed pro-Russian rebel group in Ukraine, the Russian military, or military Ukraine.
"We worked through all of the analysis," said an official. He admits there is little doubt that this aircraft was shot-air missiles. "However, (missile attack) so we believe it is," he added.

Not an accident 
Vice President Joe Biden said the United States, the Boeing 777 made ​​in the United States it has been deliberately blown up in the air. "The plane, apparently ... I say apparently because we do not yet have all the details ... shot down. Was no accident. Exploded in the air," he said in Detroit.
Ukrainian leader directly accusing the pro-Russian eastern region of the country as a principal shooter owned aircraft that Malaysia Airlines. However, there is speculation that the plane was targeted because of mistaken friendly fire Ukrainian military transport aircraft.
The aircraft is flying at an altitude of 10 kilometers when cruising shot down. Altitude it is within range of surface-to-air missile system Buk Russian-made missile launcher is a mobile unit. The tool maker said, reach the maximum distance is 25 kilometers.
Surface-to-air missile system Buk is owned either by the Russian and Ukrainian military. The day before the crash incident Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 numbered, one unit of land-air missile system is known to be in the area controlled by the pro-Russian rebel group in eastern Ukraine, which is adjacent to the crash site.
Before the crisis sliced ​​Ukraine, Kiev has at least six to eight launchers of these missiles. Russia clearly has this equipment more and more modern, but there is no information whether the Russians also includes tools to troops currently stationed in the border region with Ukraine.

Buk surface-to-air missiles 
Buk missile, called the tool is quite complicated to operate, not like a shoulder missile launcher. Senior analyst at IHS Jane's defense, Edward Hunt, said it took the help of experts or intensive training for pro-Russian militia was able to wear it.
"The missiles are usually not seen in a rebel or separatist forces for reasons that do not have the experts, training, and spare parts," Hunt said. Buk missile launch also need some people to do so, including radar operators.
This missile system has to recognize enemies or friends, but can not distinguish commercial aircraft or other unidentified first. "It is like an electronic version of a guard who shouted 'Who is that?'," Said analysts at IHS Jane, Doug Richardson.
"If there is no answer, all you know is that it is not one of the fighters on your own side.'s Not going to give you a warning that you keep track of an aircraft," said Richardson.
Ukrainian air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 coded it in at 14.15 GMT or 21.15 GMT after flight for 4 hours and is 50 kilometers from the Russian border.
This aircraft crashed en route from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. No signs of survivors at the site of debris stretching dozens of kilometers. Previously mentioned there are 280 passengers and 15 crew on the plane, but later was this plane carrying 283 passengers.