investigators reconstructed the entire front section of the boeing triple-7 using recovered wreckage scattered for miles t. report included the impact pattern could only have come from a surface-to-air missile. they believe it was a russian missile. which is consistent with what the united states and ukraine believe. animated video shows the missile exploding three feet from the cockpit killing the flight crew and spraying their bodies with thousands of metal fragments. the force of the explosion tore away the cockpit and the floor business class. but the rest of the plane kept flying for another 5 miles. it is likely some of the 298 people on board either died quickly or lost consciousness, many may have been fully conscious for up to a horrifying minute-and-a-half. the report was not intended to assign blame. it does say the pro russian rebels were in charge of the area where the missile was fired. here's the ukrainian foreign