Dutch push Ukraine plane disaster inquiries

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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch officials said Monday they will push ahead with both an investigation into the cause of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster and a criminal investigation into the persons responsible, despite not being able to access the site where the plane went down in eastern Ukraine.

Flight 17 was shot down July 17 above an area held by pro-Russia separatist rebels, killing all 298 aboard, most of them Dutch.

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