MH17 crash: Separatists allow monitors to see area where plane went down

Alexander Hug (second from left), deputy chief monitor of the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe's (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, visits the site of the crash. - AFP

HRABROVE, UKRAINE: Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine allowed monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to visit a part of the site where the Malaysian airliner crashed, a Reuters witness reported.

The witness said rebels gave the monitors access to a section which was covered in debris, including one of the aircraft's engines. They also allowed them to talk to locals. - Reuters