"So pull all the evidence together what do you have?
- The data from air traffic controls secondary surveillance radar provides MH17s course and coordinates to within 500 metres.
- The flight data recorder can show whether or not a component or systems failure, or pilot error that caused the loss, and can pinpoint the aircrafts position even more accurately.
- The specifications of the SA-11/SA-17 missile launcher demonstrates that it is quite capable of destroying an airliner, and that it can if necessary be operated by an inexperienced team, without the safety of an IFF-capable radar.
- Evidence gathered from the wreckage will be able confirm whether the missile was an SA-11/SA-17, and help pinpoint the location of the missile when it was fired, and perhaps even confirm if the system was exported abroad or produced for Russian use.
The evidence is there to be found, and once all of it is available, it will provide a compelling case against whoever fired upon and brought down flight MH17."
http://theconversation.com/heres-how-you-find-out-who-shot-down-mh17-30633
Well, this professor is a bit out of touch with the practical reality IMHO.
Most of the points that he mentions have already been done, or are being done - for instance, the info of the black boxes has been available for a while. Did you know that, Professor??
They way I experienced it, the investigation into the crash of MH17 started within a minute after the plane went down.
The night from July 17 to 18, I stayed awake on the internet, and before dawn, it was pretty clear what had happened, and how.
(I made it on time for lunch with a friend and I was surprised that the Dutch MSM had not picked up the story. The friend knew about the crash but nothing more.)
Last week, the Dutch Parliament debated with the PM about the decision to halt the mission in Ukraine.
To my surprise, serious MP's were worried that the team had been unable to reach only a small part of the disaster area, they were worried that many remains were left behind, they had not heard of the salvage done by 800 Ukranians, and they were not aware of the open source investigation.
As if the investigators would have to scour the entire area with magnifying glasses, almost like in the days of Sherlock Holmes.
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It was all the more surprising, because both the repatriation team and the investigation team had made known previously that they based many decisions on satellite info and sources from the internet. But somehow, our dear MP's missed it all.
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