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Brussels - Experts from various countries will soon set out to the scene of the crash of the Malaysia Airlines plane to gather the information and documents, reads a press release of the Dutch Safety Board published on July 25.

“In the next few days, investigators from the international team investigating the cause of the crash will set out on several missions to the scene of the disaster,” reads the press release.

The Dutch Safety Board said that the missions to the disaster area will focus on verifying the information already obtained from other sources, searching for possible new information and seizing materials that could be relevant to the investigation, such as particular pieces of the wreckage.

The international investigation team, under the leadership of the Dutch Safety Board, will not examine the entire disaster area.

“It is also not their intention to collect all of the various pieces of the wreckage and transport them to the Netherlands. The team is searching for specific evidence and material,” reads the report.

The investigation on the basis of other sources, such as photographs, satellite images and the data recorders (black boxes) will also continue.

The Dutch Safety Board has taken over formal responsibility for the investigation into the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in eastern Ukraine.

The Dutch Safety Board said it would be responsible for coordinating all participating investigators and investigation teams from the countries involved (Ukraine, Malaysia, Australia, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).