MH17 flight wreckage removal begins in Ukraine.

Work has begun to remove wreckage from the MH17 crash site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine after months of delays, Dutch officials say.

The Malaysian Airlines plane, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over Ukraine in July. All 298 people on board were killed.

Workers could be seen cutting up parts of the plane and using cranes to load them onto lorries.
Access had previously been limited by rebels and the conflict in Ukraine.

The recovery operation was expected to take several days, the Dutch Safety Board said, and the debris will be transported to the Netherlands for investigation.

The wreckage would assist "the investigation into the cause of the crash", the board said in a statement, adding that it intended to reconstruct a section of the aircraft.

Alexander Kostrubitsky, the emergency services chief in the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, said that more human remains had been discovered under the wreckage, AP news agency reported.

The Malayasian plane was brought down on the 21st of July,killing more than 290 on board.