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MH17 crash: Black boxes delivered to British investigators

Out of 298 people who died on Malaysia Airlines, 193 of them were Dutch
London: The black boxes from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all on board, have been delivered to Britain for expert analysis, the government said Wednesday.
The recorders have been delivered to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch headquarters in Farnborough, southwest of London.
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"We can confirm that the two black boxes from MH17 have been delivered by the Dutch Safety Board to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch at Farnborough for download," a Department for Transport spokeswoman told AFP.
Plane carrying bodies leaves Ukraine for Netherlands
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The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Wednesday left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands following a sombre ceremony, an AFP journalist at the scene said.
The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims' remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins.
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