List of MH17 airframe parts

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This page should contain a complete list of major MH17 airframe parts that can be identified in photographs.

The table should contain at least two colums

  • Photograph for identification
  • Data:
    • Name as given by us. Examples: "tail", "left wingtip", "flight deck" "left side rear door",
    • location on airframe
    • location on ground
    • notes and sources

The table should be split in two.

  • undamaged parts
  • Parts with shrapnel (or bullet) damage

Damaged parts

Only these sections are known to have any visible shrapnel damage.

Photo Description
Left cockpit panel
Location: Petropalovka
Oval and irregular holes of 20-30 mm diameter, which some described as exit holes but apparently not (see here).
Assembled left side of the cabin, Ibtimes, October 13, 2015.
Angle of attack panel
Location: Petropalovka
Located on the left side of the cockpit, right next to to the blast hole in the area of the worst damage.

Pilot seat source, another photo
Flight deck
Includes centre, and right cockpit panels and front lower fuselage.
Frame of left side windscreen with bullet holes is seen at bottom of photo.
Cockpit center left window frame
Round "machine gun" like entry holes of about 15-20 mm diameter.
Part also seen on the left in this photo and at 9 seconds in this video.
Entry holes
Location unknown.
Cockpit roof section
Location: 8 km west of main crash site
Smaller cockpit roof section
Left side engine pod
Location: Petropavlivka, 48° 8′ 8.4″ N – 38° 32′ 14.4″ E
Photo: Engine lined up with cockpit windows
Left side engine cowling
Location: Petropavlivka
Left engine nacelle top
Location: Petropavlivka
Inlet cowling piece, with RR logo: 20:35 on the video -compare with RR Trent 800
Left engine fan blade
Location: Petropavlivka
Left wingtip

Scratches and tears in a straight line extending to the left side of the cockpit. Have been variously described as caused by rods from a rod warhead or bullets.
Left wing flap
Quite high density of holes noted.
Source: Novaia Gazeta, Fig.9
Location uncertain.Source: Southfront, Nov. 25, 2016

Not collected parts

Video shows parts not collected by the Dutch, including a door with damage

Undamaged parts

Photo Descripion
Right side of cockpit
Bulkhead
Shrapnel hit fuselage behind bulkhead or flew perpendicular to the fuselage. The upper hole appeared after recovery.
Cockpit central window frame + lower panel
Holds windshield vipers. Seen in lower part of this photo.
Front lower fuselage + landing gear
Location: connected with flight deck
Forward fuselage roof
Right front door section (Exit R2)
Right rear door section (Exit R3)
Right tail door section (Exit R4) - should connect directly to tail section. Sits next to -ia section.
Left floor panel under Exit L1

Left front door section (Exit L1)
Left front door section (Exit L2) + roof. Location: Petropolovka

'Rods' seen here and on the right here,
embedded in, or holding, silverish-wrapped insulation.
Undamaged insulation for comparison.

Forward left side panel
Between STA529 and STA655, connects directly to Left front door section (Exit L2).
Left / right? fuselage side panels
Fuselage above wing
Side panel with holes
Shows secondary damage from colliding with flying debris.
Left center roof section
Roof section STA466
Extends from STA358 to STA529 – from foremost doors (R1, L1) to front part of passenger compartment
Front cargo bay floor
Front fuselage
Location: "wooded area more than a kilometre away from the main crash site"[1]
Vertical stabilizer
Tailplane
Tail

References

Sources

Wreckage displayed in Holland

Reassembly