The United Nations aviation arm, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) ruled yesterday (April 12) that Russia “failed to uphold its obligations under international air law which requires that States ‘refrain from resorting to the use of weapons against civil aircraft in flight’” and was therefore responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/russian-surface-to-air-missile-brought-down-boeing-777-in-2014