Determining who is listed among piles of smoldering wreckage, body odor thick Train station, the sound of shelling rang out in what is engraved in the minds of international observers present at the scene in eastern MH17 Ukraine.
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Smoldering wreckage at the scene of the tragedy in eastern Ukraine MH17. Image:Business Insider.
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Michael Bociurkiw spokespersons of particular groups of observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE presence in Ukraine for three months. On 18/7, Michael is a member of the international team was first on the scene Malaysian plane crashed in eastern Ukraine.After a quiet period, he wrote to the sense of tragedy.
"My group, more than 250 people in the OSCE, was sent to Ukraine to monitor and information about the security situation in the country. Now, we are being dragged into something very different.
It was a late afternoon in Kiev on 17/7 when I found out the tweet: "A commercial aircraft has crashed in eastern Ukraine". We are racing against time to verify the work. Not long after, the information was confirmed: The Boeing 777 carrying 298 people crashed.
24 hours after Malaysia Airlines aircraft crashed into a field in the Donetsk region, dozens of new observers to the scene. We knew we had to close, only the tail, there is a paragraph symbol of Malaysia Airlines. It lay there, quiet and seems to have not been touched in a wheat field.
We are the first international organization to be here. Many observers say the "eyes and ears of the world" and what we saw was horrible.
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The bodies of the victims were wrapped in black bags truck moved. Photo: CNN.
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The first scene was hit with the whole group is the aircraft debris smoldering, the victim's body, many people are still stuck in the seats, jewelry, a breakaway group of gunmen ranting and journalists abroad. There is no sign of the original protected site. Besides its tail erect, the body follows is one of the largest fragments.
Across the road split scene MH17 is scarier than the scene: The bodies in piles of tattered wreckage still fuming, bags purchased at duty-free stores and several suitcases bursting. The far side of this death scene is where wing aircraft, fuel storage compartment, rear wheel and main compartment is located.
A fireball erupted when the Boeing 777 crashed carrying temperature of 1,600 degrees Celsius, according to some experts, enough to melt the aluminum wings of airplanes is 17 years old and burned everything in the area near most. But strangely, Hrabove small village, a few meters away, still unharmed.
The first day, we could only stay 75 minute scene. Separatist gunmen armed with heavy weapons there uncooperative and uncomfortable with the presence of international observers. He looks aggressive and drunk.Journalists have been in there telling us that the breakaway soldiers have been mobilized in a hurry.
Four days after the tragedy, our teams to monitor train carrying the bodies of the passengers at the dock Torez. The smell of the dead caught up in the thick docks. Finally, the soul of the ill-fated well on the way home from the chaotic scene to the one where they were greeted with a respectful attitude and comfortable. I found that women yearn to live near the pier in front of the train compartment containing identification. Perhaps they feel the pain of the families of the victims.
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Body odor pervades Torez pier of Donetsk. Photo: CNN.
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Aviation tragedy haunts me. I am a native of Ukraine, but has lived and worked for many years in eastern Malaysia should have friends there and acquainted with the country and this airline. I specialize broad array of commercial aviation and enjoyed flying.
At the end of each working day, we in the city of Donetsk hotels, but even if was here, was not threatened when the violence subsided. One night later, standing on the terrace of the hotel to wait to see the live broadcast on CNN, machine gun made me and the group of Turks rushed to find shelter.
Eighth day, after a week of work was delayed because of security reasons, the group of experts Netherlands, Australia has returned to the scene. The image uniformed professionals are looking for on the field, closely followed by the dogs, the media and social networks around the world sent. For me, it's somewhat alleviate the suffering of the victims.
I am often asked why we could be faced with the cruel and horrific scenes witnessed. In fact, it brings to the family a little bit of information is important in the early days of panic, chaos is the power to help us through it all.
Invariably, our hearts and prayers always directed to the victims. We hope to have helped the ill-fated passengers were relieved and closed tragedy claimed the lives of 298 people.
Dawn (According to CNN )
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