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The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine. Uniformed Dutch military personnel solemnly hoisted 40 wooden coffins from two planes and placed them in individual hearses at Eindhoven airport in the south of the country in a powerfully sombre ceremony, as a trumpeter played the Last Post and a large crowd of the bereaved watched, shielded from the press

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Photos: Heartbroken Netherlands receives bodies of MH17 victims

[caption id=“attachment_1631831” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A coffin of one of the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, is carried from an aircraft during a national reception ceremony at Eindhoven airport July 23, 2014. Two aircraft carrying the remains of some of the 298 passengers who died on flight MH17 touched down at an airport in the Dutch city of Eindhoven on Wednesday, as next-of-kin and Dutch and foreign officials looked on. The remains of the victims of the downing of the flight over eastern Ukraine, 193 of whom were Dutch, will be brought over the next few days to a military base in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The Netherlands declared Wednesday the country's first day of mourning in more than half a century. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/01_MH17-Bodies-Transported.jpg) A coffin of one of the victims of MH17. Uniformed Dutch military personnel solemnly hoisted 40 wooden coffins from two planes and placed them in individual hearses at Eindhoven airport: Netherlands[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1631835” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![King Willem Alexander (L) and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands (2ndL), Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (C) and officials attend a national reception ceremony at Eindhoven airport July 23, 2014 for the remains of the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine. Two aircraft carrying the remains of some of the 298 passengers who died on flight MH17 touched down at an airport in the Dutch city of Eindhoven on Wednesday, as next-of-kin and Dutch and foreign officials looked on. The remains of the victims of the downing of the flight over eastern Ukraine, 193 of whom were Dutch, will be brought over the next few days to a military base in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The Netherlands declared Wednesday the country's first day of mourning in more than half a century. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RTR3ZU41.jpg) King Willem Alexander (L) and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands (2ndL), Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (C) and officials at the national reception ceremony at Eindhoven airport. Around 1,000 bereaved relatives of the 193 Dutch dead were also present: Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1631837” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![The convoy of hearses with the remains of the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, drives past international flags as it leaves Eindhoven airport to a military base in Hilversum July 23, 2014. Two aircraft carrying the remains of some of the 298 passengers who died on flight MH17 touched down at an airport in the Dutch city of Eindhoven on Wednesday, as next-of-kin and Dutch and foreign officials looked on. The remains of the victims of the downing of the flight over eastern Ukraine, 193 of whom were Dutch, will be brought over the next few days to a military base in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The Netherlands declared Wednesday the country's first day of mourning in more than half a century. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RTR3ZU5K.jpg) The convoy of hearses with the remains of the victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, drives past international flags as it leaves Eindhoven airport to a military base in Hilversum: Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1631839” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![Flight attendants and mourners gather near flower bouquets as they pay their respects at Schiphol Airport during a national day of mourning for the victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in Schiphol July 23, 2014. The bodies of the first victims from the Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine last week arrived back in the Netherlands on Wednesday amid dignified grief tinged with anger. Bells pealed and flags flew at half mast in memory of the 298 people killed when flight MH17 crashed in an area of eastern Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RTR3ZU3R.jpg) Flight attendants and mourners gather near flower bouquets as they pay their respects at Schiphol Airport. A minute’s silence was observed nationwide, during which no flights landed or took off at Schiphol, from where the doomed Boeing 777 left six days earlier: Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1631843” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A man pays his respects at Schiphol Airport during a national day of mourning for the victims killed in Thursday's Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane disaster, in Schiphol July 23, 2014. The Netherlands gets ready to receive the bodies of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RTR3ZTFI.jpg) A man pays his respects at Schiphol Airport during a national day of mourning for the victims killed in Thursday’s Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane disaster, in Schiphol: Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1631845” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![The national flag of the Netherlands is flown at half staff at the Hermitage Museum Amsterdam during a national day of mourning for the victims of Thursday's Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane disaster, in Amsterdam July 23, 2014. A Dutch air force transport plane carrying the first 16 coffins with the remains of victims of the downed Malaysian airliner took off on Wednesday from an airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv for the Netherlands. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RTR3ZSI9.jpg) The national flag of the Netherlands is flown at half staff at the Hermitage Museum Amsterdam to mark a national day of mourning for the victims of MH17: Reuters[/caption]

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