The Dutch Investigation team today confirmed that the MH17 which was shot down in Russian air-space had been hit by a large number of ‘high-energy objects’ and was destroyed in air.

After the Malaysian aircraft was allegedly ‘shot down’ by pro-Russian groups, a Dutch panel was assigned to determine the cause for the accident. The panel today issued their statement to international media saying that there were no instances of technical failures or mechanical problems with the flight.

International media reported that this evidence is consistent with the plane being struck by shrapnel from a missile.

The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed in rebel-held territory eastern Ukraine in July.

All 298 people on board, most of them from the Netherlands, died when the plane came down, amid reports it was shot down by pro-Russian rebels.

The Dutch aviation investigators has relied on information from the black box flight data recorders, air traffic control, satellite images and photos from the scene to compile the preliminary report.