The Dutch Safety Board has said that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed by a Buk surface-to-air missile as it flew over eastern Ukraine.

Its report added that the plane should never have been flying there, as Ukraine should have closed its airspace to civil aviation.

It said "nobody gave any thought" to the risk.

The report said that states in civil conflict "must do more" in the future to protect passenger planes.

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