The Outcome of the Forensic Triage Preceding Disaster Victim Identification in the Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13119871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erwin Vermeij (Netherlands Forensic Institute, corresponding author), Peter Zoon (0000-0002-3945-7273, Netherlands Forensic Institute), Reza R R Gerretsen (Netherlands Forensic Institute), Reza Gerretsen, V Otieno‐Alego (Australian Federal Police), Vincent Otieno-Alego |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 566-575 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Forensic Sciences Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2471-1411 • E-ISSN: 2096-1790 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/20961790.2022.2043611 |
| PMID | 36353332 |
| OpenAlex | W4308771998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
Malaysia Airlines flight 17 crashed on 17 July 2014 while flying over an area of armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. The first forensic trace evidence was collected after the human remains were transferred to a safe location in the Netherlands for identification and repatriation. Disaster victim identification processes were therefore undertaken in concert with the forensic investigation. Prior to these processes, X-ray and computed tomography scanners were used to reveal foreign objects in the human remains, and a large number of these fragments were recovered after the forensic triage. A distinct group of metal fragments was identified as being potential remnants of high-energy foreign objects. Forensic analysis revealed that they were explosively deformed unalloyed steel fragments, some of which had shapes consistent with pre-formed metal fragments found in a 9N314M warhead used in Buk SA-11 missiles. Furthermore, thin film deposits of cockpit glass and aluminium were identified on the most heavily deformed side of some of the explosively deformed metal fragments, suggesting they came from outside the airplane. These findings supported early suspicions that Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was struck by a Buk SA-11 missile. KeypointsA multidisciplinary approach for combined identification and forensic investigation of human remains after a mass fatality incident.The combined use of complementary X-ray techniques for detection and provisional characterization of foreign objects in human remains.The use of sensitive and highly discriminative state of the art techniques for analysing foreign objects recovered from human remains
Aeronautics · Archaeology · Biology · Computer security · Forensic engineering · Human bone · Identification (biology · Medical emergency · Repatriation · Triage · Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging · Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes · Computer Science · Engineering · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Medicine
Experience with postmortem computed tomography in the forensic analysis of the November 2015 Paris attacks
Belgium experience in disaster victim identification applied in handling terrorist attack at Brussels Airport 2016
An overview of forensic operations performed following the terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015, in Paris
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |