MH17 crash: Debris leaves rebel-held eastern Ukraine

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Aviation expert Paul Beaver: "One of the concerns of the investigators is that they won't get everything they should have had"
Wreckage from the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed has left rebel-held eastern Ukraine heading to the government-run city of Kharkiv.
The pieces are being transported by train, overseen by Dutch experts.
The debris and unidentified human remains will be taken to the Netherlands for examination.
MH17 was shot down in July, killing all 298 people on board - mostly Dutch nationals. Russia-backed rebels have been blamed, though they deny it.
The exact cause of the crash in eastern Ukraine has not been established.
Lack of security at the crash site, near the village of Grabove, led to weeks of delays, but a deal made with local militias eventually allowed the removal work to begin.
Aircraft debris field and recovered parts identified on plane Parts of the plane were found 8km (5 miles) from the main debris site
Victims not found The Dutch experts have said they do not intend to recover all of the wreckage, concentrating, instead, on the wheels, wings and fuel tanks - the area of the plane where most of the unidentified passengers were seated.
Nine of the victims are still unaccounted for.
New amateur footage purports to show the immediate aftermath of the MH17 crash
The plane was hit as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
Ukraine and Western countries have accused pro-Russian rebels of shooting the plane down with a Russian-made missile, an accusation which Russia denies.
The Dutch government has taken the lead in the investigation.
A crane carries wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane (flight MH17) at the site of the plane crash near the settlement of Grabove in the Donetsk region, 16 November 2014 Access to the crash site has been limited by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine
Local workers carry wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane (flight MH17) at the site of the plane crash near the settlement of Grabove in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, 16 November 2014 Investigators plan to reconstruct part of the aircraft
In September, a preliminary report by Dutch investigators concluded the plane was hit by a large number of "high-energy objects", but did not blame anyone.
The disaster came just months after another Malaysia Airlines plane, MH370, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
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298 victims from 10 countries
  • Netherlands: 196
  • Malaysia: 42
  • Australia: 27
  • Indonesia: 11
  • UK: 10
  • Belgium: 4
  • Germany: 3
  • Philippines: 3
  • Canada: 1
  • New Zealand: 1
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