Dutch Safety Board

Response by Dutch government why it does not hold Ukraine liable for failure to close its airspace

May 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

by At May 2, 2019 Dutch minister Stef Blok sent a letter to Dutch parliament explaining why Dutch government does not hold Ukraine liable for failure to close its airspace at July 17, 2014. The [...]

DSB final report doubts: does a 9N314M warhead fit on 9M38 missile ?

April 14, 2016 // 24 Comments

by DSB states in their final report that a 9N314M warhead can be fitted to a 9M38 missile and on a 9M38M1 missile. However, Almaz Antey states the 9N314M missile can only be fitted on a 9M38M1 [...]

DSB final report doubts: missing wreckage of cockpit roof

April 12, 2016 // 9 Comments

by There are quite a few of doubts on the DSB final report. In a series of blog post I will discuss them and try to find answers. Previous posts discussing doubts on the DSB report are: DSB final [...]

DSB final report doubts: damage of left wing and left engine nacelle

April 11, 2016 // 56 Comments

by In a series of posts I will discuss the different opinions of DSB versus Almaz Antey on the location of where the BUK missile was launched from and where it exploded. Basically DSB states the [...]

Factcheck: Dutch government states DSB MH17 report was highly praised. In fact, that is far from being the case.

March 5, 2016 // 4 Comments

by During a plenary debate on MH17 at March 1, 2016, four politicians of which three members of the government stated the Dutch Safety Board was praised all over the world. However, this is not the [...]

Role of ICAO explained

March 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

by In the MH17 final report and debate after the publication many times ICAO is mentioned. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. So what [...]

DSB and Dutch state did not mention Russian destruction of radar recordings at ICAO meeting

March 2, 2016 // 2 Comments

by The final report of DSB on the crash of MH17 stated that the Russian Federation did not hand over raw and processed primary and secondary radar recordings to DSB. Russia did hand over a video [...]

Almost all questions asked to Dutch Safety Board remain unanswered

February 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

by The Dutch Safety Board did the investigation into the crash of MH17. Dutch government officials say the final report is highly praised. My opinion is different. The report has many flaws and leave [...]

Timeline of the missing primary radar recordings of Ukraine

February 6, 2016 // 51 Comments

by Ukraine air traffic control organization UkSATSE was not able to hand over DSB the raw and processed primary radar recordings of Dnepropetrovsk area control. Dnepropetrovsk air traffic control [...]

Eurocontrol: “DSB never checked with us for operational status of radar stations”

February 6, 2016 // 1 Comment

by Dutch Safety Board on behalf of the Ukraine aviation authorities investigated the cause of the MH17 crash. The final report of DSB was praised by the Dutch government. However the report has many [...]