Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight data recorders, known as black boxes, were handed over to Malaysian experts by authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), on Monday night.
The B-777 airliner was downed in eastern Ukraine last week amid intense fightings between militiamen and Ukrainian armed forces.
According to the Ukrainian government, the flight recorders will be analyzed by experts in the United Kingdom.
The republic's prime minister, Alexander Boroday and his deputy Andrei Purgin signed a handover agreement, stating that experts from the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are to gain access to the black boxes.
According to the head of Malaysia’s delegation, the black boxes are in good condition.
