The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Investigators in Ukraine Begin Long-Delayed Search of Plane Crash Site Tuesday August 5 th , 2014  at  8:15 AM Tuesday August 5 th , 2014  at  8:15 AM 1 Share GRABOVO, Ukraine — Dutch and Australian police officers on Friday were finally able to fan out over the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17  crashed in Ukraine  last month, to search for human remains overlooked by local emergency workers. As wind rustled over the wheat and sunflower fields, the police officers observed a moment of silence in deference to the dead and then spread out, carrying maps, GPS devices, blue plastic buckets and rubber gloves. “We in the joint operation to salvage all the human remains here and bring them back to their families are very happy we finally touched ground and can send our guys to work,” Cornelis Kuijs, the Dutch police colonel who is commanding the recovery mission, said in a brief statement as the long-delayed search began. “Professionally,