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Recovery of wreckage in eastern Ukraine from Malaysia Airlines flight 17 is underway.

The dutch safety board is leading the investigation.

Teams have recovered and transported the wreckage back to the Netherlands.

Researchers there will then continue to investigate the cause of the crash.

The  operation is expected to take several days.