1/63Wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 lies in a field on July 22, 2014 in Grabovo, Ukraine. Picture: Getty
The horror of MH17 in pictures
The horror of MH17 in pictures
2/63The train carrying the 280 bodies recovered from the downed Malaysian flight MH17 arrives at the Malyshev Plant, in the government-held Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Rebels controlling the crash site released the morgue train under intense international pressure, finally allowing a great majority of the 298 crash victims to begin the long journey home. Their remains are now to be flown to the Netherlands, which had 193 citizens on board the doomed flight and is taking the lead in investigating a disaster that has brought Ukraine’s bloody three-month conflict to the doorstep of countries as far away as Australia. Picture: AFP
3/63Police officers secure a refrigerated train loaded with bodies of the passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 as it arrives in a Kharkiv factory for a stop. The train carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday on their way to the Netherlands, a journey which has been agonisingly slow for relatives of the victims. Picture: AP
4/63A pro-Russia separatist shows members of the media a black box belonging to Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, before handing it over to Malaysian representatives during a press conference in Donetsk. Rebels controlling the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 on July 22 handed over the plane’s black boxes, and declared a localised truce to allow international experts full access to the forensic minefield in east Ukraine. Dutch investigators leading a probe into the disaster were preparing to take charge of the bodies of 280 victims set to arrive by train in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv. Picture: AFP PHOTO
5/63This image grab taken from an AFP TV video shows one of the two black boxes recovered from the crash site. They also announced at the press conference a ceasefire within a 10 kilometre (six mile) radius around the crash site to allow international investigators to safely access the vast area where the Malaysia Airlines flight was downed. Picture: AFP
6/63This image grab taken from an AFP TV video shows the Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Borodai (C) posing with Colonel Mohamed Sakri of the Malaysian National Security Council (2ndR) during the handing over to Malaysia of the two black boxes recovered from the crash site of the MH17 jet, at a press conference in Donetsk. Picture: AFP
7/63This image grab taken from an AFP TV video shows a Malaysian official checking one of the two black boxes recovered from the crash site. Picture: AFP
8/63People walk among the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine. Picture: AFP
9/63Debris at the crash site of MH17 near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine. Picture: AP
10/63Fire engines arrive at the crash site of MH17 near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine, as the sun sets. Picture: AP
11/63Wreckage of MH17 near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine. Picture: AFP
12/63A pro-Russian fighter holds up a toy found among the debris at the crash site of MH17. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
13/63Wreckage of MH17 near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine. Picture: AFP
14/63Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 taking off from Schiphol Airport just hours before it crashed. Picture: AFP
15/63In this image taken from amateur video, a fireball is seen shortly after the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was shot down as it flew over Ukraine. Picture: AP
16/63Flames rise from part of the wreckage of the plane after it was shot down over Ukraine, near the village of Hrabove, in eastern Ukraine. Picture: AP
17/63Bags are pictured at the site of the crash of MH17, near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held east Ukraine. Picture: AFP
18/63Bodies can be seen among the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed into a field. Picture: AFP
19/63Victims’ bodies among the wreckages of MH17. Picture: AFP
20/63China Xinhua News @XHNews tweeted this image as China's CAAC orders Chinese aircraft to avoid eastern Ukraine airspace following the MH17 crash in that region Twitter image of wreckage of Malaysian Airlines MH17. Picture: Twitter / https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/489968298424295424/photo/1
21/63A suitcase found in the wreckage. Picture: AFP
22/63A man walks among the smouldering wreckage. Picture: AFP
23/63Flames smoke among the wreckages of MH17. Picture: AFP
24/63A firefighter sprays water to extinguish a fire amid the wreckage. Picture: AFP
25/63Self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the pro-Russian separatist “Donetsk People’s Republic” Alexander Borodai stands next to guards as he arrives on the site of the crash. Picture: AFP
26/63A woman reacts after hearing about the tragedy at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. Picture: AP
27/63This photo shows the information screen at the arrivals hall of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, displaying Malaysia Airlines MH17. Picture: AFP
28/63Relatives of passengers get on to a bus at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, headed for an unknown destination after they received additional information about the Malaysia Airlines plane. Picture: AFP
29/63The White House tweeted this image of US President Obama as he spoke to Ukrainian President Poroshenko. Picture: Twitter http://go.wh.gov/D4bM2X pic.twitter.com/wFIPqFcdq0
30/63Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government tweeted this image as he observed a moment of silence in honour of victims of the plane crash. Twitter / http://bit.ly/UdGBwp pic.twitter.com/qqHkn7hELL
31/63Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak addresses a press conference at a hotel in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, on July 18, 2014. Picture: AFP
32/63A relative of a passenger on flight MH17 waits in a bus to be transported to an unknown location to receive more information, at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Picture: AP
33/63A closed desk of Malaysian airlines is seen at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Picture: AP
34/63A woman lights a candle in front of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kiev, to commemorate passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. Picture: AFP
35/63People gather to mourn and lay flowers and light candles in front of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kiev, to commemorate passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. Picture: AFP
36/63A young boy helps lay flower tributes near the Dutch embassy to express condolences to air crash victims. Picture: AP
37/63People look at flowers placed in remembrance for the victims of the MH17 plane crash at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, on July 21, 2014. Western powers on July 21 ratcheted up the pressure on Moscow over the Malaysian plane disaster, as a train loaded with some 280 bodies was finally allowed to leave a rebel-held station four days after the jet crashed in strife-torn east Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS
38/63A woman with a child walks past the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine. Picture: AP
39/63People stand among the wreckages of the Malaysia Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers after it crashed in rebel-held east Ukraine. Picture: AFP
40/63A firefighter stands as flames burst among the wreckages of the Malaysian airliner passenger plane as night falls in Ukraine. Picture: AFP
41/63A couple walks to the location where more information will be given regarding the Malaysia Airlines plane. Picture: AFP
42/63A Buk M2 missile system similar to this one is believed responsible for the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH017. Picture: AP
43/63This image taken from a video shows a guidebook for Bali found in the wreckage. Picture: AP
44/63An Australian passport can be seen in footage taken by a local TV station. Up to 27 Aussies are feared dead in the tragedy.
45/63A man believed to be a Dutch investigator leaves for a meeting with representatives of the pro-Russia rebels to discuss the transfer of the flight data recorders from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 21, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine. Picture: Getty
46/63A pair of clogs with a message for Dutch citizens killed on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is seen in front of the Netherlands Embassy in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP
47/63Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, right, wipes his nose after speaking during a security council meeting at United Nations headquarters. Picture: AP
48/63Julie Bishop, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaks during a security council meeting at United Nations headquarters. The council unanimously adopted a resolution demanding full access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Picture: AP
49/63Alexander Hug (C), Deputy Chief Monitor of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, visits a train containing the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash on July 21, 2014 in Torez, Ukraine. Together with Dutch inspectors, the storage conditions were declared acceptable, though it is still unclear where or when the train will be moved. Picture: Getty
50/63Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and members of a forensic team inspect a refrigerator wagon containing the remains of victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, at a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Torez on July 21, 2014. The head of a Dutch forensic team said on Monday a train, carrying the remains of victims from the Malaysian airliner crash, should set off later on Monday to a place where “we can do our work”. Picture: AFP
51/63Armed pro-Russian separatists stand guard in front of wagons containing the remains of victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, at a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Torez. Picture: AFP
52/63An armed pro-Russian separatist stands guard in front of wagons containing the remains of victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, at a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Torez on July 21, 2014. Picture: AFP
53/63An armed pro-Russia separatist walks with a woman near the train station on July 21, 2014 as intense shelling rocked the area, in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Insurgent fighters had closed off the roads in the area on the edge of the city and terrified civilians were fleeing the fighting in minibuses and on foot. Sporadic clashes have taken place around the separatist bastion as both sides have ignored calls for a ceasefire following Thursday’s downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in rebel-held some 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Donetsk. Picture: AFP
54/63A woman holds flowers during a flowers laying ceremony at the Netherlands embassy in Kiev. Picture: AFP
55/63Personnel from the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry load the bodies of victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 into a truck at the crash site on July 21, 2014 in Grabovo, Ukraine. Picture: Getty
56/63An armed separatist guards in front of wagons containing the remains of victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, at a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Torez. Picture: AFP
57/63Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and members of a forensic team inspect a refrigerator wagon containing the remains of victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, at a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Torez on July 21, 2014. The head of a Dutch forensic team said on Monday a train, carrying the remains of victims from the Malaysian airliner crash, should set off later on Monday to a place where “we can do our work” AFP PHOTO/ BULENT KILIC
58/63Alexander Hug (R), Deputy Chief Monitor of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, visit a train containing the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash on July 21, 2014 in Torez, Ukraine. Together with Dutch inspectors, the storage conditions were declared acceptable, though it is still unclear where or when the train will be moved. Picture: Getty
59/63The bodies of victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrive at the Torez train station in the back of a truck to be loaded into a refrigerated train car on July 21, 2014 in Torez, Ukraine. Picture: Getty
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