Over 250 bodies retrieved from Malaysian Boeing crash site in eastern Ukraine

The search area makes 120 square kilometers. "As many as 810 people, including 335 emergency staff and 35 units of machinery are involved in the search-and-rescue operation in the air disaster area and for special works in Kiev," the press service noted.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777 airliner en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in the area of combat actions between local militias and Ukrainian governmental troops in east Ukraine's Donetsk region on Thursday, July 17. All 298 people aboard the plane died in the air crash.

The search area makes 120 square kilometers. "As many as 810 people, including 335 emergency staff and 35 units of machinery are involved in the search-and-rescue operation in the air disaster area and for special works in Kiev," the press service noted.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777 airliner en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in the area of combat actions between local militias and Ukrainian governmental troops in east Ukraine's Donetsk region on Thursday, July 17. All 298 people aboard the plane died in the air crash, ITAR-TASS reports.