Air crash of a passenger Boeing in Ukraine. The latest results of the investigation.

This week, there are quite a lot of various conversations about the investigation of the airplane crash of Boeing 777 in Ukraine. Russia and the countries of the west exchanged a number of reproaches and opinions about who specifically could have been behind the destruction of the entire passenger airliner, however, despite this, there are two main versions of the destruction of the Malaysian Boeing 777 Flight MH17.

Russian versions on the destruction of a passenger airplane

The plane crash that occurred on the territory of Ukraine 17 July 2014, certainly is one of the most mysterious in history. Until now, no one has been identified for the destruction of a passenger airliner with almost three hundred people on board, not even from which specifically a huge passenger airliner was destroyed.

As for the policy of the Russian Federation, the absolute majority here is inclined to the fact that the plane was destroyed by a military aircraft, however, opinions on how this happened specifically received wide resonance. Some experts are inclined to believe that the passenger aircraft of Boeing 777 was destroyed by an air-to-air missile, while another part of experts is inclined to the fact that the airliner was fired upon by an air gun of the type 2A42 or similar. Both versions have a number of undeniable facts, which makes them think about them personally.

Evidence of hitting an air-to-air missile in a plane is very common, but, despite this, it is very effective. As can be seen from a number of presented photographs, large holes were found on the fuselage of a passenger airliner, in particular similar to those that leave a fragment of air-to-air missiles, including from the "entrance" to the target.

In addition, if you look at a snapshot of the crash site of a passenger airliner Boeing 777 flight MH17 from the air, you can clearly capture the fact that the plane fell without lounging in the air, as also testified by many eyewitnesses. According to experts, air-to-air missiles are not capable of tearing the plane apart, as can happen if a larger missile hits, in particular, launched from the Buk air defense system.

On the fuselage of the airliner you can also see the traces of numerous penetrating holes, which is very similar to the principle of action of missiles of this class.

The adherents of the second version, which says that the airliner was destroyed from an aircraft gun such as 2А42 or similar, also have some evidence.

If you take a closer look at this picture, then on the left side of the airliner, in the immediate vicinity of the cockpit, the ridged skin is clearly visible, which indicates a high-explosive type of shells - OFZ or OT (there are no clarifications on this fact). The main feature of this version is that a passenger airliner could be destroyed by almost any type of combat aircraft, including an attack aircraft, about which information was previously available. Initially, skeptics argued that an attack aircraft could not actually rise to a height of 10 thousand meters, but this is really not necessary, since the aiming range of a 2A42 automatic aviation cannon or its analogs is about 3-4 kilometers, and in the case of a disorderly firing shells can fly up to 8 kilometers.

The combat "stuffing" of high-explosive types of aircraft 30-mm cannon is a lot of small particles that could easily form a grid of holes shown in the pictures taken at the crash site of the airliner.

In addition, regarding a number of submitted Russian versions, information also appeared that the pilot who was driving the combat aircraft was currently hiding in the United Arab Emirates, but the information did not receive a logical explanation for what happened.

Foreign versions on the destruction of a passenger airplane

One of the most common versions to date of the crash of a Malaysian passenger aircraft by Western experts and the media is the destruction of a passenger aircraft with almost three hundred people on board a surface-to-air missile, in particular Buk, which is on the territory Ukraine.

The first assumptions showed that the plane could be destroyed by the rebel self-defense forces, especially if we take into account the fact that several Ukrainian storm troopers were destroyed just a few weeks before the crash of the airliner. Nevertheless, the stormtroopers were destroyed, and this is proved by portable anti-aircraft missile systems, and it has nothing to do with Buk.

Literally today, a photograph taken by a satellite about the alleged process of launching a ground-to-air missile was discovered on the Internet.

However, the version sparked many controversies about whether the image is actually believable. The photo clearly shows how jet smoke remains in the sky from the launch of the rocket, and if we assume that the image is valid, then the direction of the launch of the rocket coincides with the course of intercepting the airliner. Nevertheless, despite this, it was found that the picture was nothing more than a fake, since the resolution in the photograph differs precisely in the area where the supposed version of the Buk air defense system is located, and after a while the area itself was discovered on the map, according to which a photomontage was made.

Given the fact that the “Buk” air defense missile launcher, when approaching the target, performs the so-called “slide” - rises above the aircraft and then falls on top of it, we can assume that in this case the airliner should have fallen into pieces right in the air, however pictures taken from the satellite and the testimony of witnesses indicate that the wreckage of the aircraft was very heaped.

As for the numerous penetrating damage to the skin of the fuselage of the airliner, here again, according to the opinions of Western experts, it is assumed that all of them were made as a result of scattering of missile fragments. A refutation of this version is that the warhead of the rocket consists of parts resembling the shape of the Tauri and I-beam, and these warheads literally completely take off the aircraft skin when flying away, winding metal onto themselves, and no such damage was found on the airliner’s fuselage.

Conclusion

Be that as it may, none of the versions have been proven to date, and according to recent statements, the investigation of the plane crash in Ukraine will continue for the next year. It is possible that in the course of it there will be information that will help experts to establish the actual cause of the incident, but unfortunately the lost lives of 298 people who were at the time of the crash aboard the aircraft can not be regained, unfortunately.

Kostyuchenko Yuri specifically for Avia.Pro