KIEV, Sept. 9 – The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 that crashed over Donetsk region on July 17 was technically sound and broke up in the air probably as a result of structural damage caused by a large number of objects that penetrated the aircraft from outside, according to a preliminary report of the Dutch Safety Board.

"Flight MH17 with a Boeing 777-200 operated by Malaysia Airlines broke up in the air probably as the result of structural damage caused by a large number of high-energy objects that penetrated the aircraft from outside," reads the report on the investigation into the crash, which was published by the Dutch Safety Board on Tuesday.