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Malaysia airplane shot down in Ukraine. Netherlands minister: a passenger was wearing the oxygen mask

Amsterdam, Netherlands - But the public prosecutor calls for prudence in drawing conclusions

Several experts questioned about B-777/200 airplane operated by Malaysia Airlines, disintegrated while flying over Donetsk in Ukraine last July 17, said that the plane would have been destroyed too quickly for the passengers to have known anything about it (for details, see AVIONEWS 1 and 2). But a -maybe too hasty- statement by the Dutch foreign affairs minister Frans Timmermans instilled doubts in...

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