The Malaysia Airlines plane destroyed in Ukraine nearly two months ago was a completely routine flight until something punctured the aircraft, according to the first report from Dutch investigators. The preliminary findings released on Sept. 9 strongly bolster the theory that a missile downed Flight MH17 and killed all 283 people aboard, even though the Dutch inquiry isn’t ready to assign blame to a missile or where it came from.
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Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai holds up a preliminary disaster report on the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, released by the Dutch Safety Board, during a press conference in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 9, 2014.