(CNN) -- The sense that a deadly tragedy could get worse hangs over the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Scattered bodies, ripped-apart suitcases and charred books testify that 298 people died Thursday when the airplane fell from 30,000 feet to the grassy fields of an almost-lawless section of eastern Ukraine. More than 24 hours after the crash, the bodies lay there untouched, with nobody able to say who's in charge and whether the dead would ever be treated with dignity. "It basically looks like the biggest crime scene in the world right now, guarded by a bunch of guys in uniform with heavy firepower who are quite inhospitable," Michael Bociurkiw, spokesman for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe team, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
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Bodies, wreckage are scattered over eastern Ukraine countryside
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Some people bound for Malaysia died in vacation clothes, reporter says
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Bodies are starting to decompose in the heat
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Heavily armed pro-Russia militants control the crash site
A small crew of emergency workers from the @placeholder government arrived and began working on the scene, but they need more people and resources to properly handle a crash that killed 298 people.