272 Bodies Out Of 298 Recovered In The Malaysia Airlines

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has confirmed the recovery of 272 bodies out of the 298 who died in the Malaysian Airlines passenger crash. 

Mr. Yatsenyuk said emergency workers have stored 251 of the dead in a car refrigerator at the train station in Torez, adding that 810 workers are operating at the scene of the crash. 

The body count hiked to 251 early today but body fragments were not included in the estimates. 

Search parties are scouring an area of 120 square kilometers around the plane crash site.  

Malaysia Airlines' Flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed on the 17th of this month near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. 

All 298 passengers on board the airliner perished, including 283 passengers and 15 crew.

Source: RIANOVOSTI