Национальности еще 41 человека не называются, сообщает пресс-служба компании Malaysia Airlines. По некоторым данным, среди них — 23 американца. Кроме того, на борту находились 15 членов экипажа, их гражданство также неизвестно.
Как сообщалось, 17 июля на территории Украины, в Донецкой области, недалеко от российской границы, разбился Boeing 777 малайзийских авиалиний. На борту воздушного судна находилось 283 пассажира и 15 членов экипажа, все они погибли. Причиной падения самолета, по первоначальной информации, стало попадание зенитной ракеты. Очевидцы сообщают, что среди погибших много детей.
Украинская армия и ополченцы народных республик Донбасса опровергли причастность к падению лайнера.
Пресс-релиз авиакомпании:
Media Statement 2 : MH17 Incident
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
Malaysia Airlines is in the process of notifying the next-of-kin of the passengers and crew.
Our focus now is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilize its full support to provide all possible care to the next-of-kin. Malaysia Airlines is deploying its "Go Team" to Amsterdam with a group of caregivers and volunteers to assist the family members of the passengers.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members.
The airline will provide regular updates on the situation.
Families of passengers and crew may contact +603 7884 1234 (Malaysia) or +31703487770(Netherlands).
