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Monday, 20 April 2015
More MH17 remains and personal effects recovered
Experts from the Dutch repatriation mission have recovered more remains at the crash site in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, where the site where flight MH17 crashed on July 17 last year according to a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On the fourth day of the mission, the salvage workers worked without incident. "Consistent with our analysis we found at the burn site much remains," said mission leader Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg. "We are working hard. The conditions are not easy. It rains a lot and the temperatures are low, about 5 degrees. "
The salvage mission was resumed Thursday. The operation is an attempt to recover the last human remains and personal belongings to be transported to the Netherlands. The mission could take weeks. Because of the ongoing fighting and the cold winter months it was not possible to carry out salvage work in the disaster area until this week.
(Translated from Dutch)
Monday 20 April 2015
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/23944021/__Menselijke_resten_MH17__.html
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