A week after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has been reportedly shot down by a missile; some of the dead bodies have already been retrieved.
The sudden crash of the said aircraft last week has caused worldwide outrage, especially when it was known that the jet was struck down by a missile, although no further information was yet discovered as to who is the responsible for the attack. A series of discussions between the leaders of the different countries who had citizens on board happened while it also draws tension between Russia and Western leaders. There has been a great tension between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and other Western leaders when the retrieving operations of the body at the crash site were not easily permitted.
According to the previous reports, authorities had limited access to the crash site after it was known that several pro-Russian separatists were in the area. Putin was even warned and given last chance by other leaders in terms of its cooperation for the retrieval of the remains became possible. Things have gone lighter lately when some victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has been already recovered from the crash site.
On Friday, two military aircraft, namely the Dutch Hercules and an Australian Boeing C-17 transported the bodies from Ukraine to Eindhoven airfield. According to CBC news, the bodies from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will travel to a Dutch military base where a forensic team will attempt to identify them. With 194 Dutch citizens and 37 Australian residents out of 298 passengers on board, the two countries have been active in bringing home the dead bodies as well as investigating the site.
As the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 remains unsecured, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that his country is ready to deploy 40 unarmed military police to the area while Australia has 90 federal police officers standing by in Europe.
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