Return ... Trucks carrying the wreckage of MH17 drive on the A1 highway near De Lutte in the Netherlands. Picture: Vincent Jannink/AFP Source: AFP

Dutch national broadcaster NOS on Tuesday showed eight trucks carrying wreckage crossing the border with Germany, before heading to a southern air base under police escort.

The convoy of lorries carrying pieces of wreckage from Ukraine was due to arrive at Gilze-Rijen early afternoon, the Dutch Safety Board (OVV) said.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky on July 17 over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, 38 of them Australian.

Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of supplying pro-Kremlin insurgents with the missile that shot down the jet.

Crash site ... where MH17 came down in a field near the village of Grabove, in eastern Ukraine. Picture: Bulent Kilic/AFP Source: AFP

However, Moscow and the separatists deny they were responsible and blame Kiev.

Dutch authorities are charged with establishing exactly what brought the plane down and are reconstructing part of the aircraft as part of their probe.

The convoy of trucks left Ukraine last week and will on Tuesday drive past next of kin who wish to see the wreckage arrive at the base, the OVV said on Monday.

“The arrival of the wreckage at the air force base will not be of a ceremonial character and those attending will not be permitted to be present during the opening or unloading of the trucks,” it said.

Accused ... Russian President Vladimir Putin stands accused of supplying the weapons that shot down MH17. Picture: Alexei Nikolsky/AP Source: AP

The wreckage will be photographed, scanned and categorised before being reconstructed in a hanger.

The reconstruction will be closed to the public, although next of kin will be allowed to see it if they wish.

A preliminary report in September said the plane “broke up in the air probably as the result of structural damage caused by a large number of high-energy objects that penetrated the aircraft from outside”.