UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says the downing of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft over Ukraine may constitute a “war crime.” <br /><br /> A Ukrainian security spokesperson said recovered flight data shows the plane crashed due to being punctured multiple times by shrapnel.<br /><br /> Gianni Magazzeni from the OHCHR:“The High Commissioner has indicated that the shooting down of the airliner, may amount to a war crime. I think also the High Commissioner said that there is a need for a prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigation.”<br /><br /> At the crash site an independent, impartial and effective investigation appears impossible as the area is the scene of heavy fighting.<br /><br /> The violence has forced the OSCE investigation team to leave the area.<br /><br /> Alexander Hug is from the OSCE mission in Ukraine:“We stopped because there was gunfire and what we understood to be artillery impacts nearby, very near. We stopped the convoy, we had a discussion with our security detail. While talking the fire came closer. So I made the decision for the OSCE to return.”<br /><br /> A team of Australian and Dutch police and forensic experts also abandoned attempts to reach the site blaming the security situation.<br /><br /> All 298 people on board the aircraft lost their lives.
