Tuesday, July 22: Pro-Russian rebels turned over MH17’s black boxes on Tuesday to investigators as international monitors finally received unmitigated access to the wide-spread crash site in eastern Ukraine. According to reports, what they have found is far from heartening.
Evidence of tampering was said to be rampant on-site. The cockpit was found inexplicably sawed in half, while rear fuselage sections were discovered to have been hacked into. Other sections had been moved and altered.
Exactly why such actions were taken remains the central question. The pro-Russian rebels were already suspected of being responsible for Thursday’s attack, accidentally or otherwise, and the actions at the crash-site have only bolstered those accusing the rebels of staging a cover-up.
Yesterday several sections of fuselage were found with damage consistent with a SA-11 SAM blast.
Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was en route Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17th. All 298 souls aboard were lost.
July 17, 2014 at 1730 EST: At a press conference in Amsterdam, 
officials held a press conference, but there is still a lot not known. Currently, officials are assisting the passenger’s families in Amsterdam.
In Malaysia, the Prime Minister held a press conference and explained that there was no distress signal. Also, they are ready to help, and they have dispatched people to assist in Kiev. Additionally, Ukrainian officials are working to ensure that people will be able to access the crash site safely.
It is being reported that there were 154 Dutch on board; 27 Australian; 23 Malaysia; 11 Indonesia; 6 UK; 4 Germany; 4 Belgium; 3 Philippines; 1 Canada. However, this is not the full list of passengers on-board.
Lastly, it is reporting that U.S. officials have concluded that the plane was shot down because they were able to detect a surface to air system that was tracking an aircraft about the time the plane went down. However, it is not known who shot the plane.
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