PETALING JAYA: All flights to and from Europe operated by Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will take alternative routes to avoid the usual path where flight MH17 went down in eastern Ukraine, said MAS in a media statement Friday.
MAS flight MH17, which was on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, went down in eastern Ukraine.
“The usual flight route was earlier declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. The International Air Transportation Association also stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions,” said MAS.
Malaysia Airlines have confirmed that the aircraft did not make any distress call.
As opposed to an earlier statement, the airline confirmed that MH17 was carrying a total number of 298 people – 283 passengers, including three infants of various nationalities, and 15 Malaysian crew members. Some of the nationalities of the passengers are yet to be determined.
The list of the passengers and crew according to nationality are as follows:
- Netherlands 154
- Malaysia (45 – including 15 crew and two infants)
- Australia (27)
- Indonesia (12 – including one infant)
- United Kingdom (9)
- Germany (4)
- Belgium (4)
- Philippines (3)
- Canada (1)
- Unverified (41)
Source - Agencies
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