Dutch, Australian, Indonesians, French, Filipinos and Other Nationalities Dead After Malaysia Airlines Plane Crash: Unconfirmed Report
The numbers have not been confirmed, but according to the initial report from the Malaysian officials, 154 passengers, a majority, were Dutch. In addition, 27 passengers were Australian, 23 Malaysians, 11 Indonesians, 6 British, 4 Belgians, 4 Germans, 4 French, 3 Filipinos and 1 Canadian. Nationalities of 43 other passengers remain unknown at this time.
On Thursday, a Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 295 people went down today in Ukraine near the Russian border.
A U.S. official said U.S. intelligence and analysis of the situation determined that it was a single missile that struck the Boeing 777-200 aircraft while at cruising altitude. It is unclear whether the missile was fired from inside Ukrainian or Russian territory and who fired it, the official added.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lampur with 280 passengers and 15 crew members.
There are no confirmations yet if there were American citizens on board the plane.