Wreckage reveals horror of last moments

A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the graphic story on Tuesday of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile.

Dutch-led air crash investigators concluded some of the 298 people on board may have known for up to 90 seconds after the Russian-made BUK missile ripped into the left side of the cockpit that they were about to die.

"The forward section of the aircraft was penetrated by hundreds of high-energy objects coming from the warhead," said the report released on Tuesday by the Dutch Safety Board concluding a 15-month investigation.