![Flowers And Tributes For Victims Flight MH17 Continue To Arrive At Amsterdam Airport Flowers And Tributes For Victims Flight MH17 Continue To Arrive At Amsterdam Airport](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/453028384.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
Netherlands’ prime minister suspended the search for victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on Wednesday, as clashes continued to erupt in areas surrounding the crash site.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that continuing clashes between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists posed too great of a risk to search crews who have struggled to gain safe passage into the area, the Associated Press reports.
The MH17 site is still scattered remains and belongings of the 298 passengers who were killed after a missile fired from east Ukraine struck the aircraft on July 17. The Netherlands has received 228 coffins to date, according to the AP.
Rutte praised the efforts of the Dutch-led team of international recovery workers and vowed to resume the search once hostilities in the area had subsided.
[AP]
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