MH17 crash: Bodies leave Ukraine for Netherlands

The first bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Ukraine last week are being flown to the Netherlands for identification.

About 40 coffins were laid out at the airport in the government-held city of Kharkiv on Wednesday morning in preparation for the flight.

Dutch ambassador Hans Docter said the victims were starting a "long journey home".

There was a simple ceremony to mark the coffins' departure, as Richard Galpin reports from the scene.

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