First bodies of Flight MH17 victims arrive in Netherlands
AP, EINDHOVEN, Netherlands
Two military transport planes carrying
40 coffins bearing victims of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
landed yesterday in the southern city of Eindhoven ,
while pro-Russian rebels shot down two fighter jets in Ukraine
Six days after the Boeing 777 was shot down over the battlefields of easternUkraine , the first bodies finally arrived in the
Netherlands
Six days after the Boeing 777 was shot down over the battlefields of eastern
A
Dutch Hercules C-130 that Dutch government spokesman Lodewijk Hekking says
carried 16 coffins was the first to land, closely followed by an Australian
C-17 Globemaster plane carrying 24 coffins.
British
investigators began work on a pair of “black boxes” to retrieve data on the
flight’s last minutes, while Dutch officials said they have taken charge of the
stalled investigation of the airline disaster and pleaded for unhindered access
to the wreckage.
Experts
will also check for signs of tampering.
The
two military transport planes departed Ukraine
Hundreds
of victims’ relatives were also there, Hekking said.
Meanwhile,
the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said two fighter planes were shot down about 30km south of the site of the Malaysia
Airlines wreckage.
The
separatist Donetsk People’s Republic said in a statement on its Web site that
one of the pilots was killed and another was being sought by rebel fighters.
While
the insurgents deny having missiles capable of hitting a jetliner at cruising
altitude, rebel leader Alexander Borodai has said that separatist fighters do
have Strela-10M
ground-to-air missiles which are capable of hitting targets up to an altitude
of 3,500m .
Separately,
senior US intelligence
officials on Tuesday said that Russia
The
officials, who briefed reporters under ground rules that their names not be
used, said the plane was likely shot down by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile
fired by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine
The
officials cited intercepts, satellite photographs and social media postings by
separatists, some of which have been authenticated by US experts.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/07/24/2003595807
Structure of the Lead：
WHEN- yesterday
WHO- First bodies of Flight MH17 victims
WHAT- Two military transport planes carrying 40 coffins bearing victims of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 landed.
WHY- pro-Russian rebels shot down two fighter jets in
HOW- not given
WHERE- in the southern city of
2. restive 喧鬧的；焦躁的
3. retrieve 重新得到，收回
4. plead for 請求
5. unhindered 未受阻撓的；未受妨礙的
6. wreckage（失事船或飛機等的）殘骸
7. tamper 損害，削弱；竄改
8. separatist 分離主義者
9. insurgent 起事者；暴動者；叛亂者
10.jetliner 噴射客機
11.cruising 【空】最省油之飛行的
12.altitude 高，高度；海拔
13.intercept 攔截；截住；截擊
14.authenticate 證明……是真實的
