Local Ukraine emergency services have begun collecting parts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 wreckage from its crash site in the middle of the conflict zone, Dutch air accident investigators said Sunday. The flight was downed on July 17, killing 298 people, two-thirds of them Dutch citizens.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Wreckage Recovery in Ukraine

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OSCE members watch as recovery workers in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine load debris from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in Hrabove, Ukraine, Nov. 16, 2014.

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Local workers cut wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the site of the plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, Nov. 16, 2014.

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A crane carries wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the site of the plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, Nov. 16, 2014.

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A pro-Russian armed man, with a pile of stuffed animals at his feet, secures crash site wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the site of the plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, Nov. 16, 2014.