PHOTOS: Bodies from Malaysian flight MH17 sent to Netherlands
July 23, 2014
A convoy of hearses carry the remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash from an airbase in Eindhoven to Hilversum, The Netherlands, drives through Waardenburg on July 24, 2014, after a Dutch Air Force C-130 Hercules plane and an Australian Royal Australian Air Force C17 transporting the remains arrived from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the Netherlands on July 24, as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions. AFP PHOTO / ANP / REMKO DE WAAL /AFP/Getty Images ( 531893565 )
A convoy of funeral hearses drives on July 24, 2014 at the Korporaal van Oudheusdenkazerne in Hilversum, where the bodies of the in total 298 victims of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine arrive from Kharkiv, Ukraine, will be examined. A Dutch Air Force C-130 Hercules plane and an Australian Royal Australian Air Force C17 transported the remains. Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the Netherlands on July 24, as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions. AFP PHOTO / ANP / REMKO DE WAAL AFP PHOTO ANP PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW -/AFP/Getty Images ( 531895500 )
An aerial view shows a convoy of hearses carry the remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash from an airbase in Eindhoven to Hilversum, The Netherlands, and driving through Den Bosch on July 24, 2014, after a Dutch Air Force C-130 Hercules plane and an Australian Royal Australian Air Force C17 transporting the remains arrived from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the Netherlands today as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions. AFP PHOTO / ANP / BRAM VAN DER BIEZEN/AFP/Getty Images ( 531896544 )
Mourners applaud as a convoy of funeral hearses rides on July 24, 2014 to the Korporaal van Oudheusdenkazerne in Hilversum, where the bodies of the in total 298 victims of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine arrive from Kharkiv, Ukraine, will be examined. A Dutch Air Force C-130 Hercules plane and an Australian Royal Australian Air Force C17 transported the remains. Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the Netherlands on July 24, as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions. AFP PHOTO / ANP / REMKO DE WAAL AFP PHOTO ANP PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW -/AFP/Getty Images ( 531895847 )
An aerial view shows people standing on a bridge looking at a convoy of hearses carry the remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash from an airbase in Eindhoven to Hilversum, The Netherlands, and driving through Den Bosch on July 24, 2014, after a Dutch Air Force C-130 Hercules plane and an Australian Royal Australian Air Force C17 transporting the remains arrived from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the Netherlands today as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions. AFP PHOTO / ANP / BRAM VAN DER BIEZEN /AFP/Getty Images ( 531896462 )
Ukrainian Emergency Ministry employees prepare to load the coffins holding remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster, onto a military plane in Kharkiv airport, Ukraine, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Two military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster departed for the Netherlands Thursday, while Australian and Dutch diplomats joined to promote a plan for a U.N. team to secure the crash scene which has been controlled by pro-Russian rebels. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) ( Ukraine Plane )
A convoy of hearses bearing the remains of passengers and crew killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 makes its way along a highway near Boxtel, Netherlands, Thursday, July 24, 2014. The second flight of two military aircraft carrying remains of victims arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday. The bodies are to be taken to a military barracks in Hilversum, where a team of 25 forensic experts and dozens of support staff began working to identify remains Wednesday evening after coffins of the first flight arrived. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis) ( Netherlands Ukraine Plane )
A convoy of hearses carry bodies and remains from those killed on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 on July 24, 2014 in Boxtel, Netherlands. 70 more bodies have arrived today in Eindhoven. Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed in eastern Ukraine killing all 298 passengers. The aircraft was allegedly shot down by a missile and investigations continue to find the perpetrators of the attack. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) ( 452608142 )
A photo taken on July 24, 2014 shows an Australian Royal Australian Air Force C17 transport plane after landing at the Dutch Eindhoven Airbase with some of the remains of the 298 victims of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine which it transported from Kharkiv airport, Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / ANP / ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN /AFP/Getty Images ( 531891078 )
Dutch military personnel carry coffins containing the remains of the victims of the MH17 plane crash to a waiting hearse at the airbase in Eindhoven on July 24, 2014. Two planes carrying a total of 74 coffins landed at Eindhoven in the south of the country, from where they are to be taken to a military barracks in Hilversum, near Amsterdam, for forensic examination and identification. The Netherlands lost 193 citizens in the crash, and is also heading the investigation of the other dead from a total of 11 countries. Dutch police said that 80 forensic experts from Germany, Belgium, Britain, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Malaysia were helping 120 Dutch with the task of identification, which could take months. AFP PHOTO / ANP / ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN AFP/Getty Images ( 531891634 )
Dutch military personnel carry coffins containing the remains of the victims of the MH17 plane crash to a waiting hearse at the airbase in Eindhoven on July 24, 2014. Two planes carrying a total of 74 coffins landed at Eindhoven in the south of the country, from where they are to be taken to a military barracks in Hilversum, near Amsterdam, for forensic examination and identification. The Netherlands lost 193 citizens in the crash, and is also heading the investigation of the other dead from a total of 11 countries. Dutch police said that 80 forensic experts from Germany, Belgium, Britain, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Malaysia were helping 120 Dutch with the task of identification, which could take months. AFP PHOTO / ANP / ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN /AFP/Getty Images ( 531891641 )
Mourners line the route in Waardenburg as hearses carry the remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash from an airbase in Eindhoven to Hilversum, The Netherlands, on July 24, 2014, after a Dutch Air Force C-130 Hercules plane and an Australian Royal Australian Air Force C17 transporting the remains arrived from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the Netherlands on July 24, as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions. AFP PHOTO / ANP / REMKO DE WAAL/AFP/Getty Images ( 531893442 )
An aerial view taken on July 23, 2014 shows people looking over a bridge the convoy of hearses carrying the bodies of victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on their way to Hilversum where the bodies will be examined. The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, as the conflict flared yet again near the Malaysian airliner's crash site. AFP PHOTO/ANP/JERRY LAMPEN/AFP/Getty Images ( 531884709 )
A convoy of hearses carry the remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash from an airbase in Eindhoven to Hilversum, The Netherlands, drives through Waardenburg on July 24, 2014, after a Dutch Air Force C-130 Hercules plane and an Australian Royal Australian Air Force C17 transporting the remains arrived from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the Netherlands on July 24, as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions. AFP PHOTO / ANP / REMKO DE WAAL /AFP/Getty Images ( 531894239 )
Dutch military men carry coffins containing the remains of victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, during a ceremony at Eindhoven Airbase on July 23, 2014, after a Hercules transport plane carrying the coffins landed from Ukraine. The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on July 23 almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, with grieving relatives and the king and queen of The Netherlands solemnly receiving the as yet unidentified victims. AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531864422 )
Soldiers unload coffins during a ceremony to mark the return of the first bodies, of passengers and crew killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, from Ukraine at Eindhoven military air base, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. After being removed from the planes, the bodies are to be taken in a convoy of hearses to a military barracks in the central city of Hilversum, where forensic experts will begin the painstaking task of identifying the bodies and returning them to their loved ones. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ( Netherlands Ukraine Plane )
Dutch military men carry a coffin containing the body of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, during a ceremony at Eindhoven Airbase on July 23, 2014, after a Hercules transport plane carrying the coffins landed from Ukraine. The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on July 23 almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, with grieving relatives and the king and queen of The Netherlands solemnly receiving the as yet unidentified victims. AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531864379 )
(From L) King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands, and Dutch Prime minister Mark Rutte attend a ceremony upon the arrivals of a plane from Ukraine, carrying the remains of victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, at Eindhoven Airbase on July 23, 2014. The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on July 23 almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, with grieving relatives and the king and queen of The Netherlands solemnly receiving the as yet unidentified victims. AFP PHOTO / ANP / ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN /AFP/Getty Images ( 531864456 )
Dutch military men carry coffins containing the bodies of victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, during a ceremony at Eindhoven Airbase on July 23, 2014, after a Hercules transport plane carrying the coffins landed from Ukraine. The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on July 23 almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, with grieving relatives and the king and queen of The Netherlands solemnly receiving the as yet unidentified victims. AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images ( 531864395 )
A Dutch cargo plane loaded with coffins holding the bodies of some of the Malaysian Airlines plane passengers, leaves for the Netherlands from Kharkiv airport, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. The Dutch government has declared Wednesday a day of national mourning as the country prepares for the arrival of the first bodies of victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (AP Photo/ Olga Ivashchenko) ( APTOPIX Ukraine Plane )
Ukrainian soldiers carry a coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash to a military plane during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531859121 )
Ukrainian soldiers carry a coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash to a military plane during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531859115 )
Ukrainian soldiers carry a coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash to a military plane during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531859132 )
Ukrainian soldiers carry a coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash to a military plane during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531859141 )
Hans Docter (C), Dutch Ambassador to Ukraine, speaks at a departure ceremony for the victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to the Netherlands during a departure ceremony on July 23, 2014 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed killing all 298 on board including 80 children. The aircraft was allegedly shot down by a missile and investigations continue over the perpetrators of the attack. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) ( 452550796 )
Ukrainian soldiers carry coffins with the remains of a victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531859290 )
Ukrainian servicemen carry a coffin that contains the body from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 during a sombre ceremony in Kharkiv on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 23 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531859340 )
Ukrainian servicemen (L) carry a coffin that contains the body from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 during a ceremony in Kharkiv on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 23 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531859361 )
Ukrainian servicemen carry coffinS that contains the body from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 during a ceremony in Kharkiv on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 23 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531859513 )
Ukrainian soldiers stand next to coffins carrying the remains of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images ( 531860770 )
Ukrainian soldiers carry coffins with the remains of a victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531859839 )
Ukrainian soldiers stand next to coffins carrying the remains of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images ( 531860945 )
International experts walk to a plane during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014, to transport the remains of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash to the Netherlands. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 531861224 )
This photo shows the shadows of peopLe looking at flowers placed in remembrance for the victims of the MH17 plane crash at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, on July 23, 2014. The remains of 40 victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 headed on July 23 from eastern Ukraine to the Netherlands aboard two planes. Dutch royals were due to meet the planes alongside grieving relatives and representatives from the 11 countries that had citizens among the 298 on board MH17. AFP PHOTO / ANP / SANDER KONING /AFP/Getty Images ( 531862221 )
Flowers lay on the tarmac as a ground Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Dutch Airforce, carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, prepares to take off from Kharkiv airport on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 23 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images ( 531863147 )
Members of the Ukrainian military stand to attention as coffins containing the bodies of victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are loaded onto a plane for transport to the Netherlands during a departure ceremony on July 23, 2014 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed killing all 298 on board including 80 children. The aircraft was allegedly shot down by a missile and investigations continue over the perpetrators of the attack. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) ( 452550630 )
Coffins containing the bodies of victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are prepared for loading onto a plane which will take them to the Netherlands on July 23, 2014 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed killing all 298 on board including 80 children. The aircraft was allegedly shot down by a missile and investigations continue over the perpetrators of the attack. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) ( 452549172 )
A coffin containing the body of a victim of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is loaded onto a plane for transport to the Netherlands during a departure ceremony on July 23, 2014 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed killing all 298 on board including 80 children. The aircraft was allegedly shot down by a missile and investigations continue over the perpetrators of the attack. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) ( 452550690 )
Members of the Ukrainian military stand to attention after coffins containing the bodies of victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 were loaded onto a plane for transport to the Netherlands during a departure ceremony on July 23, 2014 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed killing all 298 on board including 80 children. The aircraft was allegedly shot down by a missile and investigations continue over the perpetrators of the attack. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) ( 452550734 )
Dutch military men carry a coffin after a Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Dutch Airforce, carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, landed from Kharkiv at Eindhoven Airbase on July 23, 2014. The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, with grieving relatives and the king and queen solemnly receiving the as yet unidentified victims. AFP PHOTO / ANP / MARCEL VAN HOORN/AFP/Getty Images ( 531864079 )
Local Dutch police watch as a plane touches down carrying the bodies of crash victims from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 23, 2014 at Eindhoven Airport, Netherlands. Today the people of the Netherlands are holding a national day of mourning. Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed in eastern Ukraine killing all 298 passengers. The aircraft was allegedly shot down by a missile and investigations continue to find the perpetrators of the attack. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) ( 452557936 )
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