Plane crash site likely to be hard to secure

By David Wroe, James Massola
July 25 2014 - 3:00am
Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has acknowledged that 50 Australian police officers sent to London may face ''difficulty'' securing the MH17 crash site as armed pro-Russian militiamen maintain their grip on the war-torn area.