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Bodies of 74 more crash victims to arrive in Holland

(Xinhua)    20:56, July 24, 2014
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THE HAGUE, July 24 -- Another two planes with a total of 74 bodies from flight MH17 will land at Eindhoven Airport Thursday, Dutch police announced.

A ceremony similar to Wednesday's has been scheduled when the aircraft arrive at 16:00 local time (1400 GMT).

The coffins will be transported from Eindhoven to Hilversum, where the bodies will be identified.

The first 40 coffins arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday with a Dutch C-13 Hercules transport aircraft and an Australian Boeing C-17.

Further batches of coffins are scheduled to come to the Netherlands on Friday and Saturday.

A total of 298 people lost their lives when MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine. 

(Editor:Liang Jun、Bianji)

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