MH17 Incident ( Malaysian Airlines Plane Shot Down ) With immediate effect, all European flights operated by Malaysia Airlines will be taking alternative routes avoiding the usual route. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur went down in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines confirms that the aircraft did not make a distress call. The usual flight route was earlier declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. International Air Transportation Association has stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions. As opposed to the earlier statement, the flight was carrying a total number of 298 people – comprising 283 passengers including three infants of various nationalities and 15 crew of Malaysian nationality. Some of the nationalities of the passengers are yet to be determined. List of number of passengers and crew according to nationality are as follows:- Netherlands 154 - Malaysia 43 (including 15 crew & 2 infants) - Australia 27 - Indonesia 12 (including 1 infant) - United Kingdom 9 - Germany 4 - Belgium 4 - Philippines 3 - Canada 1 - Unverified 41 - Total 298 Please Pray For Their Loved Ones / Families ! May There Soul Rest In Peace ! Ameen
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:45:15 +0000
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