Experts start rescue human remains of downed MH17 in Ukraine

A group of 60 international experts has begun its work for repatriation of bodies in eastern Ukraine, the area where the plane of Malaysian airlines shot down two weeks ago. The team, consisting of Dutch and Australians, and supervised by observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), seeking the remains of bodies still uncollected of passangers MH17 flight, carrying 298 people. “Having successfully inspected the ground on Thursday, we have managed to enter again. If we find human remains will bring them immediately, “said Pieter Jaap Aalbersberg, head of the Dutch mission. Meanwhile, Kees Kuijs, which leads to the actual place of the displaced to Dutch military police (without uniforms or weapons), has described the scene ” awesome “. For their forensic experts and other colleagues, he has had only ” words of admiration and respect.”

According to Gert-Jan Dennekamp reporter Dutch national television (NOS) in Ukraine, “everything that can be collected, either human remains or personal items will be loaded into refrigerated trucks and sent to the city of Kharkiv.” From there they will travel to Holland, where an international team of forensic ID Manager works. They hope to expand their work from Sunday to speed up the task. Yes, most likely not return to Donetsk Friday for sleeping. The return route is no longer safe and think overnight in Artjomovsk, 100 kilometers from fallen plane.

This morning we have traced the location from the map prepared during first trip to the points where they hope to find remains of the 80 passengers (according to sources from the Australian Government) still not rescued. The calculation may vary because it was drafted on collected passports, the passenger list and the content of the 227 coffins taken to date to Holland. Mark Rutte, Dutch prime minister, has said repeatedly that ” repatriation will not be easy, but it remains our main objective.”

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