MH17: Returning elite squad relates 'harrowing' trip through war zone with black boxes


SEPANG: It was a gut-wrenching experience for the 12-member Malaysian elite squad tasked with recovering the bodies and black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 aircraft in Ukraine.

Squad member Rosli Shaari, 50, said the nine-hour trip from the border of Donetsk to Karkhiv was a harrowing trip as they had to cross a war-ravaged region.

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