U.S. FBI, transport investigators headed to Ukraine after crash

Personal belongings from a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 plane which was downed on Thursday are seen near the village of Rozsypne, in the Donetsk region yesterday Reuters/WashingtonU.S. investigators are preparing to head to Ukraine to assist in the aftermath of a Malaysian airliner that was shot down over eastern Ukraine with 298 people on board, an official said on Friday. FBI and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board personnel are headed to the region to serve in an advisory role for the investigation of Thursday's incident, the U.S. official said. FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said that agency would send at least one investigator but that it was not yet clear when the official would go or if other staff would be needed to assist, citing the "still fluid situation." U.S. concerned about delay in probing crash site U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said on Friday he is concerned about the lack of a major investigation into the downed Malaysian airliner in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Asked about the delay so far into probing Thursday's incident, which killed nearly 300 people, Foxx told MSNBC, "It's obviously a matter of concern. "It's going to require international cooperation to figure out and get to the bottom of what happened," Foxx said. "We stand ready to help." Investigators from the FBI and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board personnel are headed to the region to serve in an advisory role for the investigation of Thursday's incident.