Malaysia’s Flight MH17 Wreckage To Be Reassembled For Investigation

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17
The Dutch Safety Board will transport wreckage from MH17 to Netherlands as part of its investigation process. |

Debris from the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 will be transported to Netherlands as part of the investigation process being led by Dutch officials, Reuters reported.

Once the wreckage arrives at a designated military facility, it will be reassembled to help investigators analyze the cause of its crash.

"The Defense Ministry has prepared the transportation of the wreckage and the loading of the first lorries will start today," a representative from the Dutch Safety Board announced through a press statement on Monday.

Aside from the wreckage, the human remains of those onboard the flight were brought to Netherlands for identification purposes.

Representatives from Malaysia will participate in the investigation as the country recently became an official member of the case's inquiry team, according to the Malay Mail Online.

Flight MH17 crashed in July in Ukraine while it was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The crash killed all of the plane's 298 passengers and crew members.

Members of the investigating team and other state officials speculated that the plane was shot down using a missile launched from the ground.

Although no suspects have been officially named, the area where flight MH17 crashed has been experiencing violent confrontations between pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine's military force.

In connection to the ongoing conflict, the mother of an MH17 passenger recently filed a lawsuit against the Ukraine government, RT has learned.

In the lawsuit submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, the mother of passenger Olga L. stated that Ukrainian officials should have decided to restrict the country's airspace due to the fighting between soldiers and rebels.

Olga L.'s mother joined other family members of victims who sued the Ukraine government for negligence. Some of them are being represented by aviation law professor Elmar Giemulla, the Moscow Times reported.

"Each state is responsible for the security of its airspace," he said in a statement in September. "If it is not able to do so temporarily, it must close its airspace."

"As that did not happen, Ukraine is liable for damage," he added.