Coffins carrying MH17 victims' remains arrives in the Netherlands
- 9 years ago
A plane carrying six coffins flew into Eindhoven military airport in the Netherlands on Friday, as Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and other officials solemnly watched.
More than four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, the remains of the victims, many of them Dutch, are still coming home.
Some are yet to be formally identified.
Kiev blames the crash on pro-Russian separatists in war-torn eastern Ukraine, but Russia says a Ukrainian military aircraft shot it down.
In late October, a team of Dutch authorities took advantage of a pause in the fighting in Ukraine to begin retrieving the remains and start the grim task of identifying bodies.
All 298 people on board were killed when the plane was downed on July 17.
So far, 289 victims have been identified.
More than four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, the remains of the victims, many of them Dutch, are still coming home.
Some are yet to be formally identified.
Kiev blames the crash on pro-Russian separatists in war-torn eastern Ukraine, but Russia says a Ukrainian military aircraft shot it down.
In late October, a team of Dutch authorities took advantage of a pause in the fighting in Ukraine to begin retrieving the remains and start the grim task of identifying bodies.
All 298 people on board were killed when the plane was downed on July 17.
So far, 289 victims have been identified.