More Crash Victims Returned Home in the Netherlands

Two aircraft carrying remains of some of the passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday.

People watch as hearses carrying the remains of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane disaster victims are escorted by military police on their way to be identified by forensic experts in Hilversum, Netherlands, on July 24, 2014.Toussaint Kluiters / United Photos via Reuters
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People filled a highway overpass in the Netherlands on Thursday to watch as hearses passed by carrying the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims. For a second day, aircraft carrying remains of some of the passengers arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday, where experts will work to identify them with DNA samples collected from relatives. The process could take months.

Mourners line the route in Waardenburg as hearses carry the remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash from an airbase in Eindhoven to Hilversum, Netherlands, on July 24, 2014.REMKO DE WAAL / AFP - Getty Images