Fighting prevents investigators reaching plane-crash site

Fighting has stopped an international police team from reaching the crash site of a Malaysian Airlines plane for a second day running.

Fighting prevents investigators reaching plane-crash site
Mon, 28 Jul, 2014 - 13:08

Fighting has stopped an international police team from reaching the crash site of a Malaysian Airlines plane for a second day running.

A delegation of Australian and Dutch police and forensic experts stopped in Shakhtarsk, a town around 20 miles from the fields where the aircraft was downed.

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