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MH17 Plane Eerily Reconstructed To Show How A Buk Missile Brought It Down

Ghostly Images Show Gnarled Wreckage Of MH17 Bolted Back Together
Aubrey Allegretti
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The reconstructed wreckage of Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane was unveiled on Tuesday, as investigators delivered their final report on the fate of the famed plane that crashed just over 15 months ago.

Parts of the aircraft's body were bolted back together at the scene of a highly-anticipated event delivered by the Dutch Safety Board on Tuesday afternoon.

Sections of the nose, cockpit and business class seating area were rebuilt by experts from fragments of the plane recovered from the crash scene in Ukraine.

Eerie pictures below reveal for the first time the extent of the damage sustained by the plane when a Russian-made Buk missile struck it, killing all passengers and crew on board.

MH17 reconstruction
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A general view of the cockpit wreckage at the Gilze-Rijen Military Base. (credit:Dean Mouhtaropoulos via Getty Images)
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A wider image of the cockpit wreckage, showing the plane's nose and underbelly. (credit:Dean Mouhtaropoulos via Getty Images)
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One of the middle doors pictured. (credit:Dean Mouhtaropoulos via Getty Images)
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A shred of the aircraft's body, where six rows of passengers would have sat. (credit:Dean Mouhtaropoulos via Getty Images)
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Shrapnel dents and tearing to the outer metal, with annotations made by air crash investigators. (credit:Dean Mouhtaropoulos via Getty Images)
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Journalists take images of the wrecked cockpit. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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The wrecked fuselage of the plane, observed by a photographer and a police officer. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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The wrecked cockpit, with seats and instruments pictured destroyed. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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A wider view showing the destroyed cockpit, guarded by a police officer. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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An exterior shot of the reconstructed cockpit from outside. (credit:Dean Mouhtaropoulos via Getty Images)
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A wider view of the front part of the plane, cordoned off from onlookers. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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A camera-operators films the decimated nose. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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A side-angle view showing the same. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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Dutch Safety Board Chairman Tjibbe Joustra speaks in front of the wrecked cockpit. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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The wreckage, presented while a final report on findings into its crash is delivered. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)

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