We may have MH17 boxes, rebels say

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine say they have recovered objects which appear to be the black boxes of downed Malaysian airliner MH17.

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine say they have recovered objects which appear to be the black boxes of downed Malaysian airliner MH17 and are willing to hand them over to international investigators.

"Jet parts resembling the black boxes were discovered at the crash site," said Alexander Borodai, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic on Sunday, adding that they would be handed over to "international experts if they arrive".


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