MH17 Update: Holland In Mourning

As officials from numerous countries continue to investigate – and debate the blame for – the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, new developments have emerged in the last 24 hours.

The flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down last Thursday by a surface-to-air missile over a disputed region in Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists have taken control from Ukrainian loyalists.

Holland Mourns

It will be a somber morning in Holland as two military planes carrying 60 of the 193 Dutch citizens lost in the tragedy was expected to arrive by 10 a.m. EDT in the city of Eindhoven. The Dutch King, Willem-Alexander, and his wife, Queen Maxima, will be there with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, as the country marks a minute of silence when the flight arrives.

According to Fox News, the bodies are scheduled to be taken to a military post in the city for identification, which Rutte said could take months. The process of collecting the bodies was initially hindered by the separatists who control the area.

Latest Intelligence Reveals Tragic Mistake

U.S. intelligence officials are in unanimous agreement that the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile, and done so by pro-Russian forces. But they now believe it was a tragic mistake and that the separatists did not know they were firing at a commercial plane. Prior to the tragedy, the separatists had shot down two Ukrainian military jets in the span of three weeks.

Multiple reports now say two more Ukrainian jets were shot down on Wednesday near the same eastern region of Ukraine where Malaysia Flight 17 was downed. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said two Sukhoi-25 fighters were shot down over Savur Mogila.