DONETSK - Dutch and Malaysian experts, who were assisted by officials from the Emergency Situations Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), gathered and removed some two tonnes of small debris from the Malaysian Boeing crash from the crash site, the Donetsk News Agency reported on April, citing the DPR rescue services.
“Forty-five bags of small plane debris were collected on the crash site with help from rescuers from the city of Torez,” the report says.
The report says every bag can hold up to fifty kilos. Thus, the tentative total weight of the collected debris is around two tones.
On April 18, it was reported that experts had collected 27 bags containing a total of 1.3 tonnes of debris.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was flying from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. All 298 people on board were killed. Among the people were 192 citizens of the Netherlands (of which one also had U.S. citizenship), 44 citizens of Malaysia (including 15 crew members), 27 citizens of Australia, 12 citizens of Indonesia, ten citizens of the UK (of which one also had South African citizenship), four Germans, four Belgians, three citizens of the Philippines, one citizen of Canada, and one citizen of New Zealand.
