Family's pain over British MH17 crash victim

 
Killed: Cameron Dalziel
27 July 2014

The brother of a British victim of the Air Malaysia flight shot down over Ukraine has spoken of his family's pain as they endure "a waiting game" ahead of the formal identification of his body.

Cameron Dalziel, a father-of-two who had dual British and South African nationality, was one of 10 British nationals on Flight MH17.

In an interview with the Sunday Times his brother Campbell said Cameron's wife Reine is "absolutely distraught" since the crash on July 17.

He told the newspaper: "We need closure. I know Cameron is gone. It's getting the death certificate. At the moment it's a waiting game."

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Mr Dalziel, who had emailed his brother on the day of the crash to make plans for a visit to South Africa, described the agony of relatives of the 298 victims who had to wait days for news as their loved ones lay in a field near the wreckage.

He contrasted the treatment of the bodies as they were brought back to the Netherlands, from where the plane had taken off.

"They had been lying in a strange field in a conflict zone, abandoned for four days while investigators were prevented from going to retrieve their dead," he said.

"So the professionalism and dignity of how they were honoured as fallen soldiers was such a stark contrast to the days after the crash."

Mr Dalziel said his mother had been moved to tears on seeing the poignant images of the coffins and a guard of honour for the victims.

Yesterday two cargo planes flew 38 more coffins to a forensic centre in the Netherlands for identification and investigation.

There are still remains at the site, international observers have said.

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