Some parts of the Malaysian Boeing 777 that crashed in Ukraine on July 17, were damaged on the ground during the search and rescue operation, a spokesman for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) special monitoring mission, Michael Bociurkiw, said.
“They [the pieces of the aircraft] do look different than when we
first saw them, in that they have been cut into,” Bociurkiw told the
BBC.
He said OSCE experts observed as the cockpit parts were being cut into with a diesel power saw by uniformed men.
In addition, Bociurkiw noted that there were no cordons along the
perimeter of the crash site and access to it was completely free.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 passenger aircraft en route from
Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Donetsk region on July 17. The jet
had 298 people on board, all of whom were killed.
