The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Friday that three Filipinos -- a mother, her son, and daughter -- were among the 298 passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down in Ukraine on Thursday. The DFA identified the Filipino victims as Irene Gunawan, 54; Sherryl Shania Gunawan, 20; and Darryl Dwight Gunawan, 15. DFA spokesman Charles Jose said the residential address the Gunawans indicated in their passport application was in the Netherlands. Flight 17, which was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crew, was shot down Thursday (Friday in Manila). Among the passengers were three infants. Below is a breakdown of the nationalities of those on board: Netherlands: 154 Malaysia: 43 (including 15 crew and two infants) Australia: 27 Indonesia: 12 (including one infant) United Kingdom: 9 Germany: 4 Belgium: 4 Philippines: 3 Canada: 1 Unconfirmed nationalities: 41
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 19:26:04 +0000
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