A military plane will land at Eindhoven airport on Thursday evening carrying personal belongings of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine.

The belongings, which include photo albums, jewellery, cameras, diaries and passports, were collected by the team of investigators who were at the site from last Friday until the mission was broken off on Wednesday evening.

Also on the plane are items from a train carriage in the Ukraine town of Torez and belongings found by locals and handed to investigators on Wednesday.

The personal belongings will be handed over to the police for further investigation, the Telegraaf reports.

Tensions

The breaking off of the mission was announced on Wednesday evening by prime minister Mark Rutte, who said it was ‘too dangerous’ to continue with increased tensions around the crash site and a Russian military build-up at the border.

Rutte made it clear that as soon as the area around the crash site is secure, the investigators will return.

Investigators

The first of the investigators involved in the repatriation mission will arrive back in the Netherlands tomorrow afternoon. A small team will remain in Charkov.

In the meantime, Ukraine has cancelled the ceasefire in operation around the crash site.