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| UK investigators to examine MH17 flight data | UK investigators to examine MH17 flight data |
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| UK investigators are due to start examining a second black box flight recorder from downed flight MH17. | UK investigators are due to start examining a second black box flight recorder from downed flight MH17. |
| The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has downloaded "valid data" from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). | The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has downloaded "valid data" from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). |
| The AAIB in Farnborough will now examine the flight data recorder (FDR), which records technical information. | The AAIB in Farnborough will now examine the flight data recorder (FDR), which records technical information. |
| Two more planes carrying victims are due to arrive in the Netherlands later. All 298 people on MH17 died when it crashed in east Ukraine last week. | Two more planes carrying victims are due to arrive in the Netherlands later. All 298 people on MH17 died when it crashed in east Ukraine last week. |
| Many of those travelling on the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur were Dutch. | Many of those travelling on the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur were Dutch. |
| There were 10 Britons on board. | There were 10 Britons on board. |
| Meanwhile, a pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has said his forces do not possess the Buk missile thought to have downed the Malaysia airlines plane. | Meanwhile, a pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has said his forces do not possess the Buk missile thought to have downed the Malaysia airlines plane. |
| Alexander Borodai, prime minister of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), described evidence that showed otherwise as "fake". | Alexander Borodai, prime minister of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), described evidence that showed otherwise as "fake". |
| Solemn ceremony | Solemn ceremony |
| All the bodies are being flown into Eindhoven and taken to the Korporaal van Oudheusden barracks, south of the city of Hilversum, for identification - a process that could take months. | All the bodies are being flown into Eindhoven and taken to the Korporaal van Oudheusden barracks, south of the city of Hilversum, for identification - a process that could take months. |
| Forty coffins were received from two military planes in a solemn ceremony at Eindhoven air base on Wednesday. | Forty coffins were received from two military planes in a solemn ceremony at Eindhoven air base on Wednesday. |
| The Netherlands observed a national day of mourning for the victims. | The Netherlands observed a national day of mourning for the victims. |
| British accident investigators were tasked with retrieving data from the black box recorders following a request by authorities in the Netherlands. | British accident investigators were tasked with retrieving data from the black box recorders following a request by authorities in the Netherlands. |
| The British AAIB is one of only two "replay units" in Europe with the necessary equipment to listen to what has been recorded on the cockpit voice recorder. The other is in France. | The British AAIB is one of only two "replay units" in Europe with the necessary equipment to listen to what has been recorded on the cockpit voice recorder. The other is in France. |
| The black boxes were transported to the UK after pro-Russian rebels handed them to Malaysian officials this week. | The black boxes were transported to the UK after pro-Russian rebels handed them to Malaysian officials this week. |
| The data recorder stores technical information on the performance of the aircraft. | The data recorder stores technical information on the performance of the aircraft. |
| The other box takes down sounds such as pilots' voices and, potentially, an explosion. | The other box takes down sounds such as pilots' voices and, potentially, an explosion. |
| The Dutch Safety Board, which is leading the investigation, said "valid data" had already been downloaded from MH17's CVR which will be "further analysed and investigated". | The Dutch Safety Board, which is leading the investigation, said "valid data" had already been downloaded from MH17's CVR which will be "further analysed and investigated". |
| The board said: "The CVR was damaged but the memory module was intact. Furthermore no evidence or indications of manipulation of the CVR was found." | The board said: "The CVR was damaged but the memory module was intact. Furthermore no evidence or indications of manipulation of the CVR was found." |
| Replay units | Replay units |
| On Wednesday, a spokesman for the Department for Transport said data from the two devices would be downloaded and sent back to Dutch investigators. | On Wednesday, a spokesman for the Department for Transport said data from the two devices would be downloaded and sent back to Dutch investigators. |
| Depending on damage to the black boxes the process should take about two days, the spokesman said. | Depending on damage to the black boxes the process should take about two days, the spokesman said. |
| What are black boxes? | What are black boxes? |
| They are two devices - neither of them black - which are designed to survive a crash. | They are two devices - neither of them black - which are designed to survive a crash. |
| The flight data recorder records operating information from the plane's systems, storing a range of information such as altitude, airspeed, engine power and the pilot's use of the controls. | The flight data recorder records operating information from the plane's systems, storing a range of information such as altitude, airspeed, engine power and the pilot's use of the controls. |
| The cockpit voice recorder, as its name suggests, records sound in the cockpit and can be vital in determining what happened to a crashed aircraft. | The cockpit voice recorder, as its name suggests, records sound in the cockpit and can be vital in determining what happened to a crashed aircraft. |
| BBC reporter Theo Leggett said the flight data recorder could potentially confirm whether the plane had been hit by a missile. | BBC reporter Theo Leggett said the flight data recorder could potentially confirm whether the plane had been hit by a missile. |
| However, he said information from the cockpit voice recorder could be "relatively limited" as the impact of the explosion "would have occurred pretty much without warning". | However, he said information from the cockpit voice recorder could be "relatively limited" as the impact of the explosion "would have occurred pretty much without warning". |
| Jets downed | Jets downed |
| On Tuesday, Whitehall sources said information has emerged from Ukrainian intercepts suggesting that crash evidence was deliberately tampered with. | |
| The sources said this included moving bodies and scattering the parts of other aircraft among the wreckage of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane. | The sources said this included moving bodies and scattering the parts of other aircraft among the wreckage of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane. |
| Intelligence has been obtained which strongly indicates that the plane was shot down by an SA-11 BUK missile launched from a separatist-held area in eastern Ukraine. | Intelligence has been obtained which strongly indicates that the plane was shot down by an SA-11 BUK missile launched from a separatist-held area in eastern Ukraine. |
| Western leaders have accused Russia of arming separatist rebels in Ukraine. | Western leaders have accused Russia of arming separatist rebels in Ukraine. |
| Russia has suggested Ukrainian government forces are to blame. | Russia has suggested Ukrainian government forces are to blame. |
| Meanwhile, as fighting continued in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, officials in Kiev told the BBC that two aircraft, thought to be military jets, had been downed just 35km (20 miles) from the crash site. | Meanwhile, as fighting continued in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, officials in Kiev told the BBC that two aircraft, thought to be military jets, had been downed just 35km (20 miles) from the crash site. |