MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – The data received after the preliminary examination of Boeing-777 Malaysia Airlines black boxes indicated nothing unusual on board before the crash in eastern Ukraine, New Straits Times reported Sunday.
“So far, from what the team has heard, there was nothing unusual. The last voice heard was not the pilot’s. No, there was no indication that the pilots saw or sensed anything off,” the paper quoted the source close to the international group of investigators as saying.
Earlier media reports suggested that the data from the black boxes proved the version of a powerful explosion damaging the Malaysia Airlines Boeing.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17. All 298 people on board, including 192 Dutch nationals, died in the crash.
The plane’s two black boxes were recovered by Ukrainian independence supporters and given to Malaysian authorities last week. They were then sent to the UK for a comprehensive analysis.
Kiev authorities and independence supporters have been trading blame for the downing of the plane, with independence supporters insisting they lacked the technology to shoot down a target flying at such a height.
