A photo is presented in the Preliminary Report of MH17 crash published by Dutch Safety Board on Sept. 9, 2014. According to the report, the crash was probably the result of structural damage caused "by a large number of high-energy objects that penetrated the aircraft from outside".(Xinhua/Dutch SafetyBoard)
KIEV, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman voiced the hope Tuesday that a ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and independence-seeking insurgents would allow resuming an international recovery operation on the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17.
"We are ready to provide all-round support so that the investigation team started its work on the scene as soon as possible," Groysman said during his meeting here with Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
Groysman said Dutch experts, who lead the investigation, are to decide when the recovery operation will start.
According to the Malaysian minister, Malaysia has sent a 20-men investigation team to Ukraine to provide assistance in the international recovery efforts.
"We have no intentions to go to the crash scene separately. We will go there together with Dutch and Australian experts, under the coordination of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co- operation in Europe) and Ukraine," Hussein said.
The Boeing 777 jetliner, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, killing all the 298 passengers and crew aboard, among whom 44 were Malaysian citizens.
In July and early August, Dutch and Australian experts have worked at the crash site to examine the area and recover the bodies of the victims.
The recovery mission was stopped in mid-August until further notice due to the deteriorating security conditions in the area, triggered by fierce fighting between Ukrainian forces and insurgents not far from the site.
Representatives of Ukraine's government and insurgent leadership signed a ceasefire deal in Minsk, Belarus, last Friday to pave the way for a solution to the Ukraine crisis and a permanent end to the bloodshed in eastern regions.
THE HAGUE, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Authorities from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium and Ukraine have signed an agreement to set up a joint investigation team (JIT) to investigate the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, with the participation of Malaysia and justice organization Eurojust, Dutch national broadcaster NOS reports on Saturday based on a letter by the public prosecutor.
Authorities from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Ukraine, and Malaysia, as well as authorities in countries whose nationals are victims of the crash, including Britain, Germany, the Philippines, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Indonesia and the United States, are cooperating closely. Full story
THE HAGUE, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- At the start of the academic year in the Netherlands, several Dutch universities paid attention to the MH17 disaster, local media reported on Saturday.
Tilburg Universtity, which lost Professor Willem Witteveen in the MH17 flight disaster on July 17 in eastern Ukraine, starts a master course named Policy and Management, which begins with the reflection on the plane crash that killed 298 people. Full story
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