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Flight 17 likely downed by outside impact: report

By 신현희

Published : Sept. 9, 2014 - 17:19

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The Dutch team investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Eastern Ukraine says the crash was likely caused by the plane being hit by multiple ``high-energy objects from outside the aircraft.''

The preliminary report published Tuesday by the Dutch Safety Board stopped short of saying the Boeing 777 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile, but its findings appear to point to that conclusion.

The Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky July 17 over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board.