History Of The Tragedy Of The Fall Of Malaysia Airlines MH17

The Malaysian Airlines MH-17 was spotted at the G3 gate of Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands, before taking off for Kuala Lumpur, Thursday (17/7) and was eventually shot down in eastern Ukraine. (ANTARA PHOTO/REUTERS/Yaron Mofaz/ox/14.)

JAKARTA - Efforts to fly over conflict areas are a dangerous decision. Malaysia Airlines' mainstay Malaysia Airlines has felt it. They didn't think of flying over eastern Ukraine with big problems.

The airline feels safe because many other airlines do the same. Everyone regretted the decision to fly over eastern Ukraine when the Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane was shot down. No one survived passengers to crew.

The conflict between Russia and the broken state of the Soviet Union is endless. The image of the conflict is like one thousand grows. Take the conflict between Russia and Ukraine for example. The two countries were initially cool just. Moreover, Ukrainian President Viktor F. Yanukovych is known pro Moscow.

Problems arise when the Ukrainian people do not want the country they love to be too close to Russia. They prefer pros to the west. The debate arose from everywhere. At its peak, Yanukovych was removed from office in June 2014.

The narrative made Ukraine determine a new direction. Petro Poroshenko's new government finds it important that Ukraine's international politics is more inclined towards the Western Country than Russia.

Problems arise. Russia does not want Ukraine to just let go by immediately signing a trade agreement and membership with the European Union. This condition angered Russia. Russia fully supports separatist groups annexing two regions of eastern Ukraine: Donbas.

Tensions between Russia and Ukraine are growing. Heat conflicts occur. The world of aviation is affected. The airspace of the Russian-Ukraine conflict is like being crossed. However, many airlines are still passing through it and safe.

Disaster occurred when the Malaysian Airlines flight number MH17 on the Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur route wanted to take off from Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands on July 17, 2014. The Boeing 777-200 aircraft carried 298 passengers and 15 crew.

The MH17 aircraft took off at 10:31. The plan is to arrive at Kuala Lumpur at 22:10. Unfortunately, the plane passed the eastern Ukrainian conflict route. As a result, the plane was shot down by militias with missiles made in Russia at 13:20.

The MH17 plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine in an area controlled by Russia's pro separatist forces, killing 298 innocent people, including 80 children. A joint investigative team in 2018 found that the plane was shot down by a Russian-made missile fired from the region.

The missile launcher used to shoot down MH17 comes from the 53rd Anti-aircraft Brigade of the Russian Federation, which is stationed in Kursk, Russia. Our thoughts remain with those killed, and we join their friends, family, and loved ones in honor of their memories, "said United States Secretary of State (US), Antony J. Blinken in a press release related to 10 Years of the MH17 tragedy quoted by the US Department of State website, July 17, 2024.

No one knows bad luck. Likewise 298 people were victims of the MH17 Tragedy. Their flight was initially smooth. However, flight MH17 lost contact above the sky of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.

The families of the victims who always waited for the arrival of victims from various areas of the Netherlands, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, England and others hoped to meet in Kuala Lumpur. However, the loss of the signal brought panic.

It was later discovered that the plane was known to have been shot in the air and crashed. The disaster destroyed the plane. This condition brings deep sorrow to the families of the victims. The world was busy expressing its condolences.

Russian-backed separatists did not deny they shot an enemy's plane: Ukraine. However, the plane that was shot was like the wrong target for targeting commercial aircraft. This condition made the airline and the families of the victims look for and condemn those responsible.

The case was later appointed at the Dutch District Court. The process is long. Moreover, those who were identified as suspects had in absence status. The Dutch court continued until they finally decided that three people from the pro-Russian separatist group were guilty and sentenced to life in November 2022.

They are Russian citizens Igor Girkin and Sergey Dubinskiy as well as Ukrainian citizen Leonid Kharchenko. The three freedom fighters of the Donetsk People's Republic are at large. The verdict did not satisfy the families of the victims.

The court sentenced Russian citizens Igor Girkin and Sergey Dubinskiy and Ukrainian citizen Leonid Kharchenko to life imprisonment after found them guilty of bringing down the plane and killing everyone on it.

They were ordered to pay more than 16 million euros in compensation to the victims. The three men are still at large and it remains unclear whether they will serve their sentences. The third Russian citizen, Oleg Pulatov, was acquitted of charges for lack of evidence about his role in the missile shooting," Jennifer Rankin said in her article on The Guardian's website.