"When we were planning the recovery operation, we made a list of debris we needed for the investigation. During the recovery we directed at that parts," Sara Vernooij said, adding that "the recovery operation was done in good cooperation with all parties involved."
On Friday, the plane's wreckage and the remains of the crash victims left Kharkiv, Ukraine for the Netherlands.
According to Deputy Prime Minister of Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin, the fragments that were not taken by the Netherlands and still remain at the crash site will be removed.
On July 17, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, two thirds of them were Dutch nationals.
The Netherlands is leading the investigation into the tragedy. 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.
