Two planes with bodies of victims of MH17 aircraft have arrived in the Netherlands, where it is declared a day of national mourning in honor of the 298 victims.
There are experts who will begin work to identify the deceased, most of whom are Dutch.
Two military jets, one Dutch and one Australian, who carried 40 coffins first landed in Eindhoven airbase, where they were welcomed by members of the Dutch royal family, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and hundreds of relatives of the victims.
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Jets sit and flags of all nations affected by this tragedy have been held in half.
In a solemn ceremony, the coffins were loaded into cars remains, which then set off in a row, accompanied by police on motorcycles.
The troops were sent to a forensic institute in the south of the city Hilversum for identification. Prime Minister Rutte said the process could take months.
Earlier guard coffins were loaded by a special military aircraft at the airport Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine. Ambassadors, and military officials gathered to follow the process.
Australian government envoy, Angus Houston said that, "the purpose of the ceremony was that victims be given respect and dignity deserved after a tragedy of unspeakable proportions".
Currently pro-Russian rebels accused of shooting Malaysia Airlines plane on July 17. American and British agencies of intelligence talked earlier about evidence and facts showing that the rebels deliberately damaged evidence at the scene, moving troops stationed there lifeless and other aircraft parts.
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