Someone who claims to be a worker at a Ukrainian air base has decided to come forward with new information regarding the shootdown of Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17 last summer. He was recently interviewed on a Russian TV program, and here are some highlights from the transcript:

"Q: Where were you on July 17, 2014, the day Malaysian Boeing was shot down?

A: I was on the territory of Ukraine, in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, the village Aviatorskye. It is a regular airport. There at this time were based fighter jets and helicopters. Planes regularly flew on bombing missions, Su-25 attack aircraft bombed Donetsk, Lugansk. This lasted a long time... Out of the eight airplanes which were based there, only two had "air-to-air" missiles. They were suspended [under the wings]...

Q: Tell us about July 17.

A: Airplanes flew regularly, all day since the morning. In the afternoon, about an hour before the downing of the "Boeing", three attack fighters were raised into the air. I don't remember the exact time. One of the airplanes was equipped with such missiles. It was an Su-25... The missiles vary in size, plumage, coloration. With a guidance head, very easy to recognize. Anyway, after a short time, only one airplane returned, two were shot down. Somewhere in the East of Ukraine, I was told. The airplane that came back, was the one with those suspended missiles.

Q: It returned without the missiles?

A: Without the missiles. That pilot was very scared...

Q: What else do you remember this day? What did the pilot say?

A: He said a phrase, when he was led out of the airplane: "It was not the right plane." And in the evening there was a phrase to a question from one pilot to him, to Voloshin: "What's up with the plane?" To which he replied: "The plane was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

-- Translation of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" interview, 22-Dec-2014

We have no way to confirm this story, but it sounds plausible. It might help explain why the western "investigation committee" has not published their findings. Note that Aviatorskye is an airbase adjacent to the Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (see map), a short distance west of the conflict zone where MH-17 was shot down. The entire province (oblast) of Dnipropetrovsk has been under the governorship of Jewish billionaire Igor Kolomoisky since the coup. See our previous comments on these events.

UPDATE: In July 2015, Russian sources released a new forensic analysis indicating that an Israeli-made Python air-to-air missile was probably the weapon that brought down the airliner:

"The dimensions and character of the puncture holes left by the strike elements allegedly allow their size and form factor to be established, which in its turn makes it possible to identify the type of weapon used in a particular case."

-- Russia Today, 16-Jul-2015