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MH17 plane crash: UK experts to retrieve flight data MH17 plane crash: UK experts to retrieve flight data
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British air accident investigators will retrieve data from the black boxes of crashed flight MH17, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said.British air accident investigators will retrieve data from the black boxes of crashed flight MH17, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
This follows a request by authorities in the Netherlands, where the Malaysia Airlines plane flew from before crashing in Ukraine.This follows a request by authorities in the Netherlands, where the Malaysia Airlines plane flew from before crashing in Ukraine.
The experts, based at Farnborough, will download data from the flight recorders for "international analysis".The experts, based at Farnborough, will download data from the flight recorders for "international analysis".
Some 298 people, including 10 Britons, were killed in the crash.Some 298 people, including 10 Britons, were killed in the crash.
Mr Cameron tweeted: "We've agreed Dutch request for air accident investigators at Farnborough to retrieve data from MH17 black boxes for international analysis."Mr Cameron tweeted: "We've agreed Dutch request for air accident investigators at Farnborough to retrieve data from MH17 black boxes for international analysis."
The announcement comes after Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond joined other EU ministers in Brussels for talks about the shooting down of the Boeing 777-200 airliner in eastern Ukraine last Thursday.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed it would be working on the flight recorders which have been handed over by pro-Russian rebels.The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed it would be working on the flight recorders which have been handed over by pro-Russian rebels.
An AAIB spokesman said: "We can confirm that the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch based in Farnborough has been asked to carry out the data analysis of the MH17 black boxes. The AAIB has one of only two specialist "replay units" in Europe - the other is in France - where they have the equipment to listen to the audio recorded on the flight.
"The AAIB team in the Ukraine will continue their work there assisting the international investigation." Four speakers are used in a special room to create a surround-sound effect.
The announcement came after Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond joined other EU ministers in Brussels for talks about the shooting down of the Boeing 777-200 airliner last Thursday. Investigators will not go into detail about when the black boxes will arrive at their Farnborough base but they are confident that, depending on the extent of the damage, they can retrieve the information within 24 hours.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the first aircraft containing bodies of those who had died would arrive in Eindhoven on Wednesday.
Western leaders accuse Russia of arming the rebels, and believe they shot down flight MH17 with a ground-to-air missile.
Russia has suggested Ukrainian government forces are to blame.
Experts who had visited the crash scene so far included four from the Ukrainian civil aviation department, one from Malaysia Airlines, two from Malaysia's department for civil aviation and three Dutch pathologists, said Michael Bociurkiw of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.