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A HORRIFYING video re-enacts the moment a missile struck flight MH17 – two years since 298 were killed when the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down.

Air crash investigators believe the Boeing 777 was downed over Ukraine by a surface-to-air rocket.

In October, the Dutch Safety Board as it released its report into the tragedy which definitively showed a Russian-made missile responsible was the crash
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Dutch air crash investigators believe a BUK rocket exploded near the plane, sending a shower of deadly pellets into the aircraftCredit: Demotix Images
MH17 aircraft reconstructed for investigation
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They concluded that the missile caused MH17 to break up in mid-air over Ukraine
The reconstructed wreckage of the MH17 airplane is seen after the presentation of the final report into the crash of July 2014 of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, in Gilze Rijen, the Netherlands, October 13, 2015. Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board said on Tuesday in its final report on the July 2014 crash that killed all 298 aboard. The long-awaited findings of the board, which was not empowered to address questions of responsibility, did not specify who launched the missile. REUTERS/Michael Kooren TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Air crash investigators have since re-built the nose of the plane using wreckage from the scene of the crash
Wreckage of the doomed Malaysia Airlines MH17 is seen near the village of Hrabove in Ukraine's Donetsk region
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Wreckage of the doomed Malaysia Airlines MH17 is seen near the village of Hrabove in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Nearly 300 were killed following the tragic crashCredit: Getty Images

And the chilling footage reveals the full horror of how the Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur jet was hit.

Describing how they believe a BUK missile to be behind the tragedy, the Dutch investigators’ report states: “No scenario other than a BUK surface-to-air missile can explain this combination of facts.”

Robby Oehlers, a relative of one of the flight’s victims, added: "It was a BUK missile that hit the left upper part of the cockpit.”

Although not directly hit by the missile, MH17’s nose was shattered with pellets from the warhead.

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All three pilots were killed immediately and the plane began to break apart in the air, eventually crashing into a field in an area held by pro-Russian separatists.

The report concluded: “The forward section of the aircraft was penetrated by hundreds of high-energy objects coming from the warhead.

“As a result of the impact and the subsequent blast, the three crew members in the cockpit were killed immediately and the airplane broke up in the air.

"Wreckage from the airplane was distributed over various sites within an area of 50 square kilometres. All 298 occupants were killed."

A "Buk" anti-aircraft battery launches a ground-to-air missile during the Ukrainian army's "Duel-99" military manoeuvres at the Ch
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Investigators believe it was brought down by a BUK anti-aircraft missile fired for pro-Russia separatist held territory
The wreckage of the downed jet
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There were no survivors from the doomed flight, which was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
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Some families of those killed have attempted to take Russian president Vladimir Putin to court over the tragedyCredit: Getty Images

The investigation did not say whether it believed the missile was fired by pro-Russian separatists.

MH17 had been flying over the region, which was in the midst of a civil war between the rebels and Ukrainian armed forces.

Some families of those killed are attempting to take Russia and its president Vladimir Putin to the European Court of Human Rights.

The vast majority of families have also been paid damage by Malaysian Airlines after reaching an out-of-court agreement.

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