a large group of dignitaries gathered in front of the two aircraft here in the military base in eindhoven will be expecting. a say though that military honor guard will be taking first ten coffins from each plane and then they will be taking . to taking ten coffins from each plane then the rest of the coffins will follow before being loaded into cars and taken to a military base near the town of health and. that's currently ongoing at the moment they're marching towards the towards the cargo holds of those two aircraft the australian and dutch military transport planes they've been working together on this forming what they've called an an air bridge in order to make sure that all of those bodies come back here to the netherlands of course it's not just the dutch citizens that's coming here it's all of the bodies the dutch have taken point on the identification process and once that identification process is complete then the bodies of those from different nationalities will be repatriated to their individual countries in turn. people who are expecting to see is that on that subject sorry

i'm at eindhoven military base. and this country today is a country in morning, a national day of morning, first such day in the netherlands for half a century. here we are awaiting the arrival of the first bodies from that plane crash last thursday. some 40 coffins we understand. but crucially we don't know which nationalities those coffins contain because the process of formal identification will happen once the remains reach the netherlands. as i mentioned, it is a day of national mourning and leading that will be king villain alexander and queen maxima and the dutch prime minister rutte who will be here later on. the developments mostly today have been in eastern ukraine where richard galpin is. richard? >> as you say, anita, there was a dignified, solemn ceremony here just before the plane took off. there were -- there was a guard of honor provided by ukrainian troops with four of the coffins still laid out on the tarmac, just to the back of the hercules aircraft where 16 other coffins had already been loaded.

in the dutch city of eindhoven. that's where the planes carrying the bodies from the malaysia airlines disaster are expected to arrive. we think in the next few hours or so. a moment of silence was observed at kharkiv airport in eastern ukraine before the coffins were loaded on board. the investigation into who shot down flight mh-17 killing all 298 people on board is continuing at the crash site. u.s. intelligence officials say the airline wear was probably targeted by mistake by separati separatists. back in the nernllatherlands, a national day of mourning is being held. now we go to anita mcveigh. anita? >> well, here at eindhoven military air base in the next few hours we expect those two planes to arrive, carrying we understand 40 coffins to begin the process of returning the victims of mh-17 to their families. it is a national day of mourning here in the netherlands. the king and queen and the dutch prime minister will be here to lead the country in this national d o mourning along with representatives of othe

well there are a large number of families expected to be here at the here in eindhoven as well as the dutch royal family. we'll see the queen of the netherlands here they'll be giving in the case of expected to address the families also prime minister mark who will also be addressing them as well as he said he had promised this was a big promise from him that he would get these people back here that's what we're expecting to see and to say they will be greeted with with full military honors as they arrive so yes both planes on the ground right now that is the australian plane that i mentioned that is just landed there that has twenty four coffins on board this is really though the first of what will be many routes like this take and they do hope that by friday all of the bodies can be brought here to the netherlands to try and be identified so that they so that their families can can finally say goodbye to their loved ones in a respectful manner i mentioned earlier on just before the second plane landed that one of the organizations that were taking part of the n f i the netherlands f

the grim task of identification while the third plane load of those victims has just arrived in eindhoven these are live pictures that we're bringing you now in amsterdam hundreds of people dressed in white marched through the city and released white balloons in memory of those who died in the tragedy paid to all of has more. the process of bringing those killed on board malaysian airlines flight seventeen here to the netherlands is underway the first two transport planes arrived here in eindhoven bringing the first forty coffins containing the remains of those who died they were greeted by a solemn ceremony a lone bugler setting up a minute's silence that was impeccably observed around one thousand relatives who are believed to have been in the on the airstrip at the time watching the ceremony along with the dutch royal family and the prime minister of the netherlands the bodies were then removed from the airplanes by a military honor guard made up of all of the armed services of the netherlands and put into funeral cars they've now been taken to a military base near to the to the town o

it's going from eindhoven, to another base.ake many weeks, if not months because of the numbers involved. there, you see the dutch prime minister mark rutte who is sitting near the royal family, king willem and queen maxima, who only last year took the orange thrown of the netherlands. after that, carol, the individual countries will repatriate their own nationals to their own country. australian has made it clear it's coming home. until every australian has returned and justice been done, they will not rest, carol. >> it's sad to watch. it's unbelievable. this is just 40 bodies. 50 are expected to return to the netherlands tomorrow. there are 298 victims here. not all of the remains have been recovered. >> and that, unfortunately, we need to keep in our minds and hearts and prayers as we watch these pictures. because although the bodies, the first 40 on these planes, these planes will return to ukraine to pick up the next. they will return with empty coffins and they will come back with more families or friends or members. and

it's here at eindhoven airport that the first bodies of those killed on board malaysian airlines flight seventeen will be brought on board a dutch military airplane just behind me you can actually see an australian military transport that will be heading in the opposite direction as part of what's being called a an air bridge that will make sure that all of the bodies come out of ukraine and enough equipment goes into the country so that a correct investigation can take place now once those bodies arrive here at eindhoven airport they're going to be taken by refrigerated trucks to the town of his decision to be more correct to a military base just outside of the town of hilton now that that military base is the headquarters the main training center for medics in the army now this was something that was promised by marketer to the dutch prime minister on monday during a press briefing he said it was the number one priority to get the bodies out of ukraine and begin that identification process and it seems that that's now well underway and they'll be bringing some kind of rest by to those

seventeen they landed this morning at eindhoven airport just outside of amsterdam around one thousand family members and the dutch royal family were on hand to receive those lost as bells tolled marking wednesday as an official day of mourning artie's peter all over has more. transport planes arrived here it eindhoven air force base one from the dutch air force one from the australian air force they're operating in unison and what they're calling a air bridge mission where they're to make sure that enough to put meant and investigators get into ukraine and to make sure that all of the bodies of those who died on malaysian airlines flight seventy four here to the netherlands what we did see though is just before the the coffin started to be unloaded the bugler played the last post on the bugle followed by a minute's silence that as you would imagine was impeccably observateur now it's understood from talking to airport officials here that around one thousand relatives of those who died that flights are in attendance also in attendance dignitaries from from the australian government the

it's here at eindhoven airport that the first bodies of those killed on board malaysian airlines flight seventeen will be brought on board a dutch military airplane now once those bodies arrive here at eindhoven airport they're going to be taken by refrigerated truck to the town of health to be more correct to a military base just outside of the town of hilton now that that military base is the headquarters the main training center for medics in the army now this was something that was promised by marketer the dutch prime minister on monday during a press briefing he said it was the number one priority to get the bodies out of ukraine and begin that identification process and it seems that that's now well underway and they'll be bringing some kind of rest by to those families who lost their loved ones on board this tragic tragic flight well it's hoped answers to what happens to flight m.h. seventeen will be found in the in flight data recorders which have now been delivered to the u.k. for analysis aviation security expert desmond ross told us the kind of light they might shed on the ca

flight seventeen here to the netherlands is underway the first to transport planes arrived here in eindhoven bringing the first forty coffins containing the remains of those who died they were greeted by a solemn ceremony alone bugler setting up a minute's silence that was impeccably observed around one thousand relatives who are believed to have been in the on the airstrip at the time watching the ceremony along with pete dutch royal family and the prime minister of the netherlands the bodies were then removed from the airplanes by a military on the god made up of all of the armed services of the netherlands and put into funeral cars they've now been taken to a military base near to the to the town of hope for sun where the identification process will take place here at the airport itself where those bodies will continue to arrive floral tributes piling up becoming another center of remember and here in the netherlands all of those who lost their lives. according to investigators they are all the bodies have been found yet. is at the crash site in need and yet screeching where experts are c

throughout the week military cargo planes with two hundred twenty seven coffins touched down to eindhoven air base at the king queen and the prime minister all joined friends and relatives at the ceremony on the first day of national mourning to take place in the country since war time meantime a number of hundreds of people dressed in white marched through their city in memory of those who died in forensic experts are now identifying and determining the exact number of victims held in the coffins the first victim a dutch citizen has already been named for some and recover bodies do remain at the crash site for now as aussies peter all of our reports of the disaster has few parallels in recent history. i don't forward the public so. the people of iraq to take tribute to a family restaurant it was part of the very fabric of the community this family is so within the whole community would need a whole city so everybody knows someone here has been coming you know for years show you what your restaurant owners before jenny died in the crash along with these laws mother jones we will only this

it's really everybody who came out today, and you saw that from the moments the plane arrived in eindhoventil now when -- here in hilversum. and there are 248, if i'm correct, more coffins coming over the next few days. in this was only unfortunately the beginning. >> 298 victims in total. 200 dutch nationals. so basically two-thirds of the victims republicon the plane fr country. can you tell me a little bit more about the process? i presume with each of the coffins in each of these hearses, 40 in total, when will the next few flights be arriving? do we know yet? >> reporter: yes, we do. what we saw today, the planes arriving around -- in the middle of the afternoon. the same -- exact same procedure will happen tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. i'm not sure if that means that the day after tomorrow all the coffins are in. maybe so. that will mean they have to have several flights a day. but that will be the same procedure. so in a couple of days, all the coffins are here. as you said, dutch nationals about 200. 100 other victims from other countries, malaysia, australia and others, th

victims have landed in the netherlands two cargo jets one does and one australian touch down at eindhoven air base each bearing nineteen coffins the netherlands the last hundred and ninety four of its citizens in the flight seventeen tragedy a team of two hundred specialist is working on identifying the bodies a process that could take months to do all of the reports on monday. in the morning . i don't forward the public so. the people of iraq today pay tribute to a family that's restored was part of the very fabric of the community this family is so within the whole community would know city so everybody knows someone here and has been coming you know from your show you quite chirruped restaurant owners before jenny died in the crash along with these laws mother homes which will only this son kevin wasn't on the plane now he's left pick up the pieces you can imagine how big a loss he's lost his parents his grandmother. works in the restaurant also. hope he can manage to. go on like you spend it outside the asian gorge restaurant floral tributes by well those who knew the phone call say a

with the remains of the 298 victims of the doomed airline flight 17 arrived in the southern city of eindhoven a week after the plane was shot down in ukraine. the grim task of identifying the bodies is now underway. the united states says they have nod of direction russian o but blamed russian support for the separatists' actions. >> russia needs to stop sending weapons and fighters across the border. >> the black box recorder arrived in england for analysis and the investigation in ukraine remains stalled. the most crucial evidence is largely ungarred at the crash site under the control of the rebels accused of shooting the plane down. today, new concerns of tampering and international monitoring are sounding the alarm saying parts of the debris were cut open and moved and britain has evidence the rebels considered moving the bodies to confuse investigators. >> it is a challenge to international community and the norms of civil aviation. >> there has been renewed fighting in the area and ukraine military planes were shot down not far from the flight. a pilot was kill and another is being sou

declared a national day of mourning for the killed the bodies were flown to the southern city of eindhoven and met by the prime minister mark rutte and the coun queen. met by the prime minister mark rutte and the countr queen. dutch government officials say they'll lead the int of the crash. but analysts say it remains >> dutch leaders say it will take a few more days for all the bodies to arrive in the country. >>> two ukrainian fighter jets have been shot down in eastern ukraine. it occurred near whe malaysia air plane was br experts say the late may hamper the investigation into last . a spokesperson for the ukrainian military says pro-russian rebels shot down two jets. the aircraft were fired on near where malaysia airlines flight 17 was brought down. the area is controlled by pro-russian rebels. the jets were return base after a military operation. the pilots managed to eject from the planes bef. >> ministry spokesperson made the offer in a state he wrote that people on board the malaysia airlines plane fell victim to the civil war. he said the government refuses to listen to reason a

they'll come to eindhoven airport and then they will be transported on to be identified. it could take weeks to be identified and then finally handed over to families to be li laid to rest. >> when the planes arrive and when the ceremony starts, week take you live to the netherlands. we're expecting that to happen at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> still to come, even with the faa's 24-hour ban on u.s. flights to and from israel, secretary of state john kerry flew to tel aviv. wolf blitzer is live in jerusalem. >> reporter: his plane landed at ben gurion airport. everything was smooth, everything was good. a lot of israelis are bracing, waiting for word from the faa whether the 24-hour ban will continue or is lifted. a full report coming up right after this. when la quinta.com sends sales rep steve hatfield the ready for you alert, the second his room is ready. you know what he brings? any questions? can i get an a, steve? yes! three a's! he brings his a-game! the ready for you alert, only at laquinta.com! if your denture moves, it can irritate your gums. try fixodent plus g

two planes carrying 74 coffins touched down in eindhoven a week since it was shot down killing all 298 people over ukraine mostly dutch. it could take weeks or months to identify all the remains. both russia and the ukraine deny any direct involvement in the missile attack. >> large explosions and huge plumes of smoke fill the air in gaza city as israel forces continue to pound the gaza strip. neither side appears to be backing down in the middle of efforts to broker a peace deal as palestinian officials say israeli tank shells hit a u.n. school killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more. israel says rockets launched by hamas landed in the area and could be responsible for the destruction. >>> the f.a.a. has lifted the ban on united states flights into the main airport in tel aviv in israel. the ban was ordered after a rocket blast near ben gurion international airport on tuesday. all airlines that fly to israel from the united states, men, us airways, united and delta will resume service today. >>> a driver in san jose booked on hit-and-run charges, evading police and drug po

dutch royal family and prime minister were in attendance at the ceremony at the military base at eindhoven airport. the anger and grief sharpened by the fact that none of them knew whether their loved ones were in the coffins before them. it could take the forensic teams weeks or months to identify the victims. it will be a gruelling time for the relatives standing watching the bodies taken to the hearse, and then to a military base where the forensic teams will be at work. >> 193 of the victims are from the netherlands. the flying at half mast, the flags of 16 nations. the war is no longer remote in ukraine, it reached into homes across the world. more victim's bodies will be loaded in kharkiv. the scale of this tragedy conditions to grow, not just in terms of human grief, but in political impact. the calls for justice are growing lauder -- lauder, how many longer can european politicians ignore them. >>> david is in eid hoven. more poddies arriving there today. >> yes, another 74 of the victims will be ferried at the military base at eid houghen airport, just behind me, where the flags a

as they landed in eindhoven arld, the noise of recrimination was drowned out by a more powerful silencef respect, grief. the netherlands planes briefly stopped flights, paused entirely for a minute. they played the last post on the bugle, normally for fallen soldiers. instead for these, perhaps victims of a war crime. the line of hearses, this for only 1/7 of those killed. witness to how mammoth and sickening this loss is to the netherlan netherlands. even when these processions end, the search for bodies may not. some perhaps left in that field in ukraine. their families left with only time to help cope with the loss and forget how mh17 came to end. >> nick paton walsh joins me now from kharkiv where ukrainian authorities have set up a crash investigation center. first of all, let's all take in the big contrast between what we saw the first few days after the crash, of how those bodies were allowed to sort of scatter, decompose in the sun and how the netherlands paid tribute to them. now we're waiting for 78 more coffins to make their way to the netherlands. when can we expect that to

planes carrying the bodies of the victims recovered from the scene of the tragedy that arrived at eindhoven airport and make seventeen flight recorders are currently being examined by experts in the united kingdom and the dutch safety board which is leading the international investigation expects to release its initial findings by the end of next week here in the u.s. accused of shooting down that boeing claiming they were armed by russia moscow denies any involvement and is demanding explanations from ukraine of the releasing radar data suggesting a fighter jet was in the vicinity of flight m.h. seventeen at the time of the crash so far still there has been no response to that request. and the first family of one of the victims of an h. seventeen snow rive about awful crash site the a strain couple came to pay tribute to the twenty five year old daughter who was among the passengers on the doomed flight on our website r.t. dot com there's a timeline of events surrounding the crash plus the latest from the ongoing crash investigation. coming up here on out say the u.s. comes up with fresh a

well to transport planes arrived here it eindhoven air force base one from the dutch air force one from the australian air force they're operating in unison and what they're calling a air bridge mission where they're to make sure that enough equipment and investigators get into ukraine and to make sure that all of the bodies of those who died on malaysian airlines flight seventeen brought here to the netherlands just behind me over my right shoulder that is it's coni continuing the rim. those victims of the disaster are being taken off those transport planes by a military honor guard made up of representatives of all branches of the dutch military what we did see though is just before the the car started to be unloaded the bugler played the last post on the bugle followed by a minute's silence that as you would imagine was impeccably observateur now it's understood from talking to airport officials here that around one thousand relatives of those who died on board that flight are here in attendance also in attendance dignitaries from from the australian government the australian ambassa

throughout the week a military cargo planes with two hundred twenty seven coffins touched down at eindhoven air base the king queen and the prime minister all joined friends and relatives at a ceremony on the first day of national mourning to take place in the country since war time in amsterdam hundreds of people dressed in white marched through the city in memory of those who died and forensic experts are now identifying in determining the exact number of victims held inside the coffins the first victim a dutch citizen has already been named some and recovered bodies still remain still at the crash site but as aussies people are all over ports the disaster has few parallels in recent history. and outpouring of public so. the people of iraq to down pay tribute to a family and restaurant was part of the very fabric of the community this family is so weird in and the whole community would need a whole city so everybody knows someone here has been coming you know for years so you know quite chips restaurant owners before jenny load died in the crash along with these laws mother jones wait for

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it's here at eindhoven airport that the first bodies of those killed on board malaysian airlines flight seventeen will be brought that would be on board a dutch military airplane now once those bodies arrive here in airport they're going to be taken by refrigerated truck to the town of health to be more correct to a military base just outside of the town of hilton now that that military base is the headquarters the main training center for medics in the army now this was something that was promised by marketeer to the dutch prime minister on monday during a press briefing he said it was the number one priority to get the bodies out of ukraine and begin that identification process and it seems that that's now well underway and will be bringing some kind of response to those families who lost their loved ones on board this tragic tragic flight where the investigation into the mh seventeen downing is still in its early stages but some u.s. and e.u. news outlets have already pinned the blame they keep accusing russia of both the crash and the cover up sometimes mistaking the wildest specula