Russia appeals to UN aviation body to open new MH17 probe

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says it’s appealing to the International Civil Aviation Organization to open a new probe into last year’s downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine.

The Dutch Safety Board said in its final report released yesterday that the Boeing 777 was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile fired from the area controlled by Russia-backed separatist rebels.

The chief of Russia’s aviation agency says Moscow “categorically disagrees” with the results of the Dutch probe, and he calls the investigation results “unfounded and biased.”