Heavily censored MH17 aftermath documents released by Dutch

The Dutch government has released dozens of documents about the aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but much of the information has been redacted.

One Dutch broadcaster that requested the information be made public, RTL News, said on Tuesday it would protest about the number of redactions and take the government to court if necessary to compel it to reveal more details.

RTL's deputy editor, Pieter Klein, says on the broadcaster's website: "We want the relevant facts so that a serious reconstruction can be made of the Cabinet's performance" after the crash.

MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, killing all 298 people on board.

Among those killed were 38 Australian citizens and residents.

Dutch crash investigators and police are probing the cause, which is believed to be a surface-to-air missile strike.