Black box found at MH17 crash site

Emergency workers at the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine say they have located one of the plane's black box flight recorders.

Rescue workers at the crash site of Malaysian airliner MH17 in eastern Ukraine say they have found one of the black boxes from the passenger liner.

Emergency crews are working through the debris of the downed jet, spread out across an area stretching for kilometres while rebels controlling the area have pledged to allow international investigators access to the site.