Malaysian minister warns access to crash site of Malaysian Boeing impossible yet

World September 09, 2014, 13:22

Hishammuddin Hussein said in a previous statement that he would arrive in Moscow on September 10 to negotiate problems of an investigation into the crash of the Malaysian passenger plane

SINGAPORE, September 9. /ITAR-TASS/. Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has declared that the situation in the area of the crash of the Malaysian Boeing remains dangerous, and that access to the crash site is impossible, the Star on-line portal quoted the minister, who is currently on a visit to Kiev, as saying on Tuesday. The minister's conclusion is based on a report made by Ukrainian Major-General Bogdan Bondar, the source said.

The defense minister said that at a meeting with Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Ihor Kabanenko the two sides reached an agreement that an international commission of representatives of Australia, Malaysia and the Netherlands should be guaranteed safe access to the crash site as soon as possible, the source said.

Hishammuddin Hussein said in a previous statement that he would arrive in Moscow on September 10 to negotiate problems of an investigation into the crash of the Malaysian passenger plane on the territory of the Donetsk region on July 17.

The plane belonging to the Malaysian Airlines company crashed in the Donetsk region when it was performing a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala-Lumpur. All the 298 people on board were killed.

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