Source: PressTV

A convoy carrying wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which was shot down while flying from the Netherlands to Malaysia, has arrived at a Dutch airbase for examination.

The eight-truck convoy began its journey from Ukraine last week, crossing into the Netherlands from Germany early Tuesday.

On July 17, Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine’s volatile Donetsk region while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, and all 298 passengers and crew on board were killed.

Around 50 relatives of some of those killed were allowed into the Gilze-Rijen base for the arrival of the convoy.

Dutch authorities are reconstructing part of the aircraft as they seek to establish exactly what brought the plane down.

“It will take several months before we have a reconstruction of parts of the aircraft,” said the Dutch Safety Board (OVV) chief, Tjibbe Joustra.

Ukraine’s eastern regions have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russia protesters and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations there in mid-April.

Kiev and its Western allies accuse Russia of arming pro-Russia forces in the east; an allegation Moscow has denied.

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