(Reuters) — Two more bodies of victims killed when a jetliner was downed in Ukraine in July returned to Malaysia on Tuesday (September 9), ahead of the release of the Dutch Transport Safety Board preliminary report into the downing of the plane.
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 crashed after apparently being struck by a missile over war-tornUkraine on July 17, worsening a year of tragedy for the country following the baffling disappearance of another MAS flight in March.
Bodies and wreckage from MH17 were strewn across sunflower fields in the rebel-held region of Donestk for almost a week before the dead were transported to Amsterdam.
The arrival of the bodies of the two victims identified as Tambi Jiee and Benjamin Lee Jian Hanwere met with full military honours before being taken to their final resting place.
Forty-three Malaysian nationals were on board the plane travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, including 15 crew members and two infants. Some of the victims that have yet to be identified, authorities have said.
