Three Dutch investigators had examined the bodies from the crashed Malaysian Airlines passenger plane, which are being kept on the train in east Ukraine on Monday under rebel control.
Each of the wagons of the train was opened and examined by two men wearing masks and headlights which carry the corpses. The stench from the wagon was overpowering and, contrary to claims that the carriages were refrigerated, there was little sign that the remains in black body bags were being chilled.
The forensic team had announced that the train with remains of crash victims will leave rebel-held station in East Ukraine after inspection later on Monday.
Ukrainian officials say 272 bodies have so far been found. Pro-Moscow rebels piled all these bodies from the downed Malaysian jetliner into four refrigerated boxcars on Sunday in eastern Ukraine.
Cranes at the crash scene moved big chunks of the Boeing 777, drawing condemnation from Western leaders that the rebels were tampering with the site.
Meanwhile the United States had called “powerful” evidence that the rebels shot down the plane with a Russian surface-to-air missile and training.
The US was ahead of most in pointing blame on Moscow for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that killed all 298 people aboard however other governments have stopped short of accusing Russia of actually causing the crash.
Secretary of State John Kerry had directly blamed Russia for the crash and said, “Russia is supporting these separatists. Russia is arming these separatists. Russia is training these separatists.”
A Malaysian team of 133 officials and experts, comprising of search and recovery personnel, forensics experts, technical and medical experts has arrived in Ukraine. A separate UK group of air accident investigators is also there.
But the government in Kiev says it has been unable to establish a safe corridor to the crash site.
Bureau Report
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