HRABOVO (Ukraine), November 6 (RIA Novosti) – A group of Dutch experts on Thursday began collecting wreckage from the site of the Malaysian MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
Six Dutch experts, guarded by three Dutch policemen, are currently working at the site. Another four employees from the self-proclaimed Dontesk People’s Republic’s Emergencies Ministry, as well as observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are also at the site where the Malaysian MH17 planed carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in July.
They have begun collecting small pieces from the plane and placing them in special containers, the RIA Novosti correspondent said.
The sounds of artillery fire can be heard in the background, the correspondent reported.
According to a preliminary report issued by the Dutch Safety Board early in September, the plane most likely broke up in mid-air as a result of structural damage caused by a large number of high-energy objects that penetrated the aircraft from the outside.
Kiev has accused independence supporters in eastern Ukraine of shooting the plane down, but has not provided any evidence to back this claim. The local militia leaders have said that they do not have weapons capable of shooting down a plane flying at 32,000 feet.
