This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western addition. We have just learned that ukrainian rebels have turned over to investigators the flightdata recorders of the malaysian flight 17 which was shot down thursday over Eastern Ukraine. It has been four agonizing days for the families who lost loved ones on flight 17. They pleaded for the return of the remains. Today, the pro russian rebels, who control the area of Eastern Ukraine where the plane was shot down, sent them home in rail cars. 282 of the 298 victims have been recovered, so far. The u. N. Security council, including russia, demanded that the rebels now allow investigators safer and unrestricted access to the crash site. We have a team of cbs news correspondents covering this story and well begin tonight with Mark Phillips in ukraine. In ukraine. Reporter they died in a place they never intended to be. And now most of the victims of malaysia air flight 17 finally began the journey ho
We suspect but dont know for sure that there are loved ones, crash victims, human remains still lying in a field in Eastern Ukraine five days after their widebodied jet was taken out of the sky by a surfacetoair missile. Some of the bodies have been put in bags and loaded into rail cars. Many people have walked through that wreckage and trampled on the evidence and peoples possessions. The president today expressed his frustration, so have civilized people around the world. Incredulous that a commercial air disaster is being handled or mishandled in this way. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs keir simmons in ukraine. Reporter train cars packed with bodies were taken away today. No one knows when they will be returned to their families. 282 discovered so far, laid on the ground in the hot sun before finally being loaded into refrigerated rail cars, inspected by a team of dutch Forensic Experts who arrived this afternoon and must identify each individual. I have now seen the bodies. W
Weve seen the violence over the past few days, the past week. Another day of diplomacy in store for the middle east. There is still no sign of israel or hamas budging. The death toll keeps rising. Officials in gaza count 635 palestinians killed. More than 4,000 wounded. 29 Israeli Soldiers and two civilians have died. Also, this development. Getting to and from israel is now much more difficult. This comes after the federal Aviation Administration banned all u. S. Flights from ben gurian airport in tel aviv. Other European Airlines followed suit as well. A hamas rocket landed near the airport, destroying a house. The faa will revisit the flight ban later today. Cnns Martin Savidge is standing by live from jerusalem. So, martin, this ban remains in effect for up to 24 hours now. The u. S. Says it is a security measure. But israel is pushing back. What are they saying . Reporter well, israels very angry, because they believe in a lot of ways this is just a reward to terrorism. They say t
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