Impression of the wreckage MH17 at Air Force base Gilze-Rijen
Channel: Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid
Date: 2015-03-03

In the first week of March 2015 about 500 relatives and next of kin of the victims of flight MH17 will visit the wreckage of the aeroplane at the Air Force base Gilze-Rijen.

Immediately after the accident, investigators from the Dutch Safety Board travelled to the Ukraine and tried to reach the accident site in order to investigate the wreckage. Due to the unsafe situation this was not possible for a long time. For this reason, the Safety Board decided to recover the wreckage and transport it to the Netherlands for investigation once it was safe to do so. The recovery started on 16 November 2014.

This video provides an short impression of the wreckage that is stored at the Air Force base and the investigation of the wreckage.