MH17. Nationale Omtzigtman doet nieuwe oproep
Stel, je bent Pieter Omtzigt. Met een beetje wurmen en wringen weet je jezelf net genoeg te bevrijden van de fractiediscipline om achter belangrijke dossiers aan te gaan. MH17, bijvoorbeeld. Je probeert als oppositiepoliticus alles te doen wat in je macht ligt om onderste stenen uit de troebele haaienvijver van de internationale politiek te vissen. Kamervragen, debatten, experts en getuigen, alles en iedereen sleep je er bij om licht te laten werpen op de waarheid rond de aanslag op een airliner vol onschuldigen. Je twist met de Onderzoeksraad voor de VVD (OVV) en twijfelt aan hun rapportages. Je schrijft luchtvaartinstanties, internationale onderzoekers en buitenlandse bronnen aan en tussendoor kom je op voor een geplaagde professor, die door de VVD als afleidingstactiek uit het vliegtuig wordt gegooid. Oude beelden, persrapportages en overheidscommuniqués worden er bij gezocht en doorgeplozen, familieleden van nabestaanden die brieven schrijven aan Kerry, Poetin en Poroshenko trek je voor het voetlicht en onvermoeibaar zoek je door naar de primaire radarbeelden. Oh, die verdomde primaire radarbeelden. Ze móeten gevonden worden. Omdat er twee jaar geleden 298 doden vielen te betreuren en het niet kan, niet mág bestaan dat een kongsi van bondgenoten en aartsvijanden elkaar in een geopolitieke wurggreep houden om de waarheid onderin de vijver te houden. Je bent Pieter Omtzigt, onvermoeibare internationale wervelwind, en elke deur die dicht gaat in je zoektocht naar die radarbeelden, opent ergens anders weer een nieuwe weg naar de waarheid. De meest recente poging, via de invloedrijke Raad van Europa waar je in zetelt en waar ook Rusland en Oekraïne bij aangesloten zijn, staat onder deze link (pdf) of integraal na de lees verder. Hup, Nationale Omtzigtman. Help ons aan die Onderste Steen!
The refusal by Mr Putin and Mr Poroshenko to answer a letter from the families of MH17 victims on missing radar data
Written question No. 708 to the Committee of Ministers by Mr Pieter OMTZIGT, Netherlands, Group of the European People's Party
Flight MH17 was brought down by a rocket on July 17 2014. All 298 people on board died. The wreckage came down in the Donetsk region. Both the Ukrainian and the Russian air traffic control were in touch with the plane and saw it on their radar screens, as the accident happened near the border.
The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) did not get raw primary radar data from any of the countries. The raw primary radar data would not only show MH17 but also a few images of the rocket, when properly reexamined and refiltered, as was confirmed by an expert at a hearing in the Dutch parliament. The Dutch government said that it did not know of any other plane incident in the last 10 years in Europe where the investigators could not get the raw primary data.
Ukraine told the DSB that its primary radar was under maintenance. It did not challenge that in the final report. Later, it said that part of the radar stations were destroyed. These two statements are mutually exclusive, according to the Dutch government.
Russia showed the world primary radar data on 21 July 2014 but destroyed its raw primary radar data. It only provided screen prints, so the radar data could not be reexamined to find the rocket. This is a breach of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) rules, as is confirmed by DSB and ICAO in the DSB report.
The families of the victims wrote a letter to President Putin and President Poroshenko five months ago, asking very precise questions on what happened to the radar data. The Russian administration answered with a public letter without any answers to the precise questions asked. Neither president provided a personal answer.
Mr. Omtzigt
To ask the Committee of Ministers: Should President Putin and President Poroshenko have the decency to answer letters by dozens of families of MH17 victims and give precise and personal answers? Does the Committee agree it should provide a precise answer on what happened to their radar as this is crucial evidence?
Written question No. 708 to the Committee of Ministers by Mr Pieter OMTZIGT, Netherlands, Group of the European People's Party
Flight MH17 was brought down by a rocket on July 17 2014. All 298 people on board died. The wreckage came down in the Donetsk region. Both the Ukrainian and the Russian air traffic control were in touch with the plane and saw it on their radar screens, as the accident happened near the border.
The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) did not get raw primary radar data from any of the countries. The raw primary radar data would not only show MH17 but also a few images of the rocket, when properly reexamined and refiltered, as was confirmed by an expert at a hearing in the Dutch parliament. The Dutch government said that it did not know of any other plane incident in the last 10 years in Europe where the investigators could not get the raw primary data.
Ukraine told the DSB that its primary radar was under maintenance. It did not challenge that in the final report. Later, it said that part of the radar stations were destroyed. These two statements are mutually exclusive, according to the Dutch government.
Russia showed the world primary radar data on 21 July 2014 but destroyed its raw primary radar data. It only provided screen prints, so the radar data could not be reexamined to find the rocket. This is a breach of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) rules, as is confirmed by DSB and ICAO in the DSB report.
The families of the victims wrote a letter to President Putin and President Poroshenko five months ago, asking very precise questions on what happened to the radar data. The Russian administration answered with a public letter without any answers to the precise questions asked. Neither president provided a personal answer.
Mr. Omtzigt
To ask the Committee of Ministers: Should President Putin and President Poroshenko have the decency to answer letters by dozens of families of MH17 victims and give precise and personal answers? Does the Committee agree it should provide a precise answer on what happened to their radar as this is crucial evidence?
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