International investigators present their latest findings in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, nearly five years after the crash that killed 298 passengers and crew, in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, June 19, 2019. — Reuters pic
The international media has reported that after nearly six years of research by international investigators, four defendants have gone on trial in March over the downing of flight MH17. So far, his lawyers say they have been unable to meet him in person and share details of the investigation because Covid-19 restrictions have made it impossible to travel to Russia, where he resides.
“The trial seems to have taken a good viable approach by taking into account numerous technicalities, eye witness accounts, and also several simulations were done to simulate the tragedy. Meanwhile, a lecturer in aerospace engineering at Universiti Putra Malaysia Associate Professor Dr Kamarul Arifin Ahmad said there should be closure to this tragic incident and the culprits sentenced accordingly.Another aviation expert, Capt Abdul Rahmat Omar Tun Mohd Haniff hoped that the ongoing trial will shed more light on the final moments of the doomed flight.