Topic - Dutch Safety Board

The Dutch Safety Board (DSB); Onderzoeksraad Voor Veiligheid (OVV), (literally "Investigation Council for Safety") is based in The Hague, The Netherlands. The first chairman was Pieter van Vollenhoven, who served until February 2011. He was succeeded by Tjibbe Joustra, the current chairman. - Source: Wikipedia

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This Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, shows the reconstructed wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, put on display during a press conference in Gilze-Rijen, central Netherlands. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 broke up high over Eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people on board. A Dutch safety watchdog says airlines around the world need more and better information to make risk assessments about flying over conflict zones. The Dutch Safety Board issued a report Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, following up on its publication in 2015 of a probe into the cause of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over war-ravaged eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Airlines need better info before flying over conflict zones

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pro-Russian rebels, right, followed by members of the OSCE mission, walk by plane wreckage as they arrive for a media briefing at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. A team of Malaysian investigators visited the site along with members of the OSCE mission for the first time since last week's crash. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Malaysia Flight 17 likely downed by ‘high-energy objects’ outside plane, report says

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times