荷兰发布马航MH17空难调查报告
Dutch officials confirmed that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was brought down by a Russian-made missile and criticised Ukraine for not closing its airspace over its eastern regions despite the conflict.
荷兰官员证实，马来西亚航空公司(Malaysia Airlines)的MH17航班是被一枚俄罗斯制造的导弹击落的，同时批评乌克兰在东部地区发生冲突的情况下没有关闭空域。
In the first official investigation into the crash that killed 298 people in July last year, the Dutch Safety Board was careful not to apportion blame for the missile, which the US and its allies say was fired from territory in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed rebels.
在对去年7月造成298人死亡的空难进行的首次官方调查中，荷兰安全委员会(Dutch Safety Board)谨慎地未对导弹来自哪一方作出评判。美国及其盟友称，那枚导弹是从由俄罗斯支持的反政府武装控制的乌克兰东部地区发射的。
Amid the fallout from the tragedy, which has greatly added to tensions between Moscow and the west, Russia staged its own event hours before the report was released to insist that its allies were not responsible.
俄罗斯在该报告公布的几小时前举行了自己的发布会，坚称其盟友对此没有责任。这场悲剧的冲击波大大加剧了俄罗斯与西方之间的紧张。
The case remains the subject of a separate Dutch-led criminal probe although in July Russia vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council to set up an international tribunal into the disaster.
该案仍是荷兰主导的另一项刑事调查的对象，尽管俄罗斯7月份在联合国安理会(UN Security Council)否决了一项拟对这场灾难设立国际法庭的决议案。
The MH17 crash was the most dramatic single event in the war between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in the east of Ukraine. In its wake, western attitudes towards Russia’s involvement in the war hardened and EU and US sanctions imposed on Moscow over its annexation of Crimea were expanded.
在乌克兰东部亲俄分裂分子和政府军之间进行的这场战争中，MH17空难是最具戏剧性的单一事件。发生这场空难后，西方对俄罗斯插手战争的态度更加强硬，欧盟和美国就俄罗斯吞并克里米亚的举动而对其扩大了制裁。
Although the year-long investigation determined that MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk anti-aircraft missile, following earlier media reports including in the Financial Times, it did not seek to establish who fired it because this was not part of its mandate.
尽管在英国《金融时报》等媒体报道后长达一年的调查确定MH17是被俄罗斯制造的山毛榉(Buk)防空导弹击落的，但它并未试图确定是谁发射了导弹，因为这并不在调查权限之内。
But the board was clear in its criticism of Ukrainian authorities for allowing Malaysia Airlines and 60 other carriers to continue to fly at the time.
但是，该委员会明确批评乌克兰当局当时允许马来西亚航空公司及其他60家航空公司继续飞越东部地区。
“Almost all operators were flying over that area,” said Tjibbe Joustra, who chaired the investigation. “Why? Because no one thought civil aviation was at risk.” In total, 160 flights flew over the same area of Ukraine in the three days leading up to July 17 when MH17 was shot down.
“几乎所有的航空公司当时都飞越那个区域，”主持该调查的Tjibbe Joustra称，“为什么？因为当时没有人认为民用航空面临风险。”在7月17日MH17被击落的前三天里，总计有160个航班飞越乌克兰同一区域。
