Families Of British MH17 Victims To Meet PM

Families of British MH17 crash victims are to meet David Cameron in Downing Street, according to Sky sources.

Ten of the 298 people aboard the doomed Malaysia Airlines plane which was shot down over eastern Ukraine were UK citizens.

The PM is expected to meet relatives at Number 10 on Tuesday.

A Ukraine security official earlier claimed data from the airliner's black boxes revealed it suffered "massive explosive decompression" after being struck by shrapnel from a missile.

Western countries blame rebels for shooting down the airliner, mistaking it for a Ukrainian plane, but the separatists deny any involvement.

Investigators at the site of the crash last week

The UN has said the attack on the passenger aircraft may amount to a war crime.

Meanwhile, world aviation chiefs are due to meet to discuss the risk to passenger planes flying over war zones following the shooting down of MH17.

The event will be held at the Montreal headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

The ICAO said: "This meeting will discuss the appropriate actions to be pursued in order to more effectively mitigate potential risks to civil aviation arising from conflict zones."

The black boxes from flight MH17

At the weekend, Malaysia Airlines commercial director Hugh Dunleavy said: "For too long, airlines have been shouldering the responsibility for making decisions about what constitutes a safe flight path, over areas in political turmoil around the world.

"We are not intelligence agencies but airlines, charged with carrying passengers in comfort between destinations.

"Against the backdrop of increasingly volatile political situations around the world, such as Ukraine and Gaza, we as an industry must act now to create a system of approval that guarantees safe air passage for all commercial airlines."

Mr Dunleavy added: "This tragedy has taught us that, despite following the guidelines and advice set out by the governing bodies, the skies above certain territories are simply not safe."

The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) , which is in overall charge of the investigation into the MH17 crash, said its probe would include "an investigation into the decision-making process regarding flight paths and the risk assessment that was conducted when choosing to fly over eastern Ukraine".

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