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Majority of 298 casualties of flight MH 17 were from the Netherlands


 

Widi Yuliono shows photographs of his relativesJohn Paulisen (Top-L), Yuli Hastini (Top-R), Arjuna Martin Paulisen (L) and Sri Paulisen (R) who are victims of the Malaysian Airline flight MH 17 plane disaster in eastern Ukraine, at his home in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. Photograph: Mohammad Ali/EPA Widi Yuliono shows photographs of his relativesJohn Paulisen (Top-L), Yuli Hastini (Top-R), Arjuna Martin Paulisen (L) and Sri Paulisen (R) who are victims of the Malaysian Airline flight MH 17 plane disaster in eastern Ukraine, at his home in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. Photograph: Mohammad Ali/EPA
                          
The Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down over eastern Ukraine was carrying 298 people from at least 10 countries.
Here is a breakdown of the nationalities of those on board:
Netherlands: 173
Malaysia: 44 (including 15 crew and two infants)
Australia: 28
Indonesia: 12 (including one infant)
United Kingdom: 9
Germany: 4
Belgium: 4
Philippines: 3
Canada: 1
New Zealand: 1
Hong Kong: 1
The nationalities of 18 of the dead are unconfirmed.
Chinese-language Malaysian news agency Sin Chew released crew member names. All were Malaysian citizens.
Captain: Wan Amran Bin Wan Hussin (male, 50)
Captain: Eugene Choo Jin Leong (male, 45)
Vice- captain: Ahmad Hakimi Bin Hanapi (male, 29)
Vice- captain: Muhamad Firdaus Bin Abdul Rahim (male, 27)
Mohd Ghafar Bin Abu Bakar (male, 54)
Dora Shamila Binti Kassim (female, 47)
Azrina Binti Yakob (female, 41 )
Lee Hui Pin (female, 42)
Mastura Binti Mustafa (female, 40)
Chong Yee Pheng (female, 40)
Shaikh Mohd Noor Bin Mahmood (male, 44)
Sanjid Singh Sandhu (male, 41)
Hamfazlin Sham Binti Mohamed Arifin (female, 42)
Nur Shazana Binti Mohamed Salleh (female, 31)
Angeline Premila Rajandaran (female, 30)

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