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Planes carrying first MH17 victims land in the Netherlands
AFP
Two planes carrying the first bodies from MH17 left Ukraine for the Netherland yesterday. (9NEWS)
Two planes carrying victims from Malaysian Airways flight MH17, shot down over Ukraine last week, have arrived in the Netherlands.
A Dutch army C-130 and an Australian military C-7 flew the 40 bodies to Eindhoven airport in the south of the country, where they were met by bereaved relatives as well as Prime Minister Mark Rutte and King Willem-Alexander.
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