Monitoring Desk: Malaysian Airlines MH17 had 154 Dutch passengers onboard. According to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Amsterdam airport 154 Dutch, 27 Australians, 23 Malaysians, 47 unknown, 11 Indonesians, 6 UK, 4 Germans, 4 Belgium, 3 Philippines and 1 Canadian were onboard and are confirmed dead in the crash or shot down or this ill-fated plane. Malaysian Airline is in total shocked still not released official list of people on board but journalists kept getting information from Amsterdam airport.
It may be mentioned that Malaysian Airlines MH17 crashed over Eastern Ukraine in Donetsk region in Torez city carrying 285 passengers and 15 crew members onboard.
There are reports that MH17 was shot downed by Donetsk People’s Republic separatist. Malaysian Flight 17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.