The Dutch Safety Board, which issued 11 recommendations about flying over conflict zones in its final report on the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over Ukraine, Thursday said it is launching an investigation to assess the follow-up on its recommendations. The Board said it wants to determine the measures that parties have taken regarding airspace management in conflict zones and regarding the sharing of information about threats.
The Board also said it will look at how operators take into account overflying conflict zones in their risk analyses. The investigation started Thursday, but no end date was indicated by the Board.
MH17, a Boeing 777-200, was flying from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 14, 2014, when, according to the Board’s investigation report, it was brought down by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from the eastern pa…
