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Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine have for the first time seen wreckage of the plane in the Netherlands, the BBC reported.

Relatives travelled to the Gilze-Rijen military air base to see the charred remains of the aircraft.

All 298 people on board the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur were killed.

Dutch investigators are focusing on suspicion that the plane was downed by a missile on 17 July 2014.

The Dutch prosecutor leading the criminal case said on Tuesday it may have been a Buk surface-to-air missile launcher, although it was "too early to rule out other possibilities."

A preliminary inquiry report in September said objects had pierced the Boeing 777 at high velocity over the territory held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

The Ukrainian authorities and the West accuse Russia of supplying the separatists with the missile. Moscow denies the claim, suggesting that Ukrainian troops may have been responsible.