Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) is very saddened to learn that Malaysia Passenger Airline’s MH17 has crash in Ukraine with 298 people on board. We send our deepest condolences to all the families members of passengers on board on MH17 at this difficult time.
Victims identified so far:
American
Quinn Lucas Schansman was a dual Dutch-American citizen. A Facebook profile that appears to be his says the young man was studying international business at Amsterdam’s University of Applied Sciences.
Canadian
A lone Canadian was on board the downed flight: Andrei Anghel, 24 of Ajax, Ont.
A 2012 University of Waterloo graduate of the biomedical science program, Anghel was en route to Bali, Indonesia, for vacation
Dutch
Jolette Nuesink
Peter Nuesink
Two Nuesink children
Emiel Mahler
Pim de Kuijer
Martine de Schutter
Lucie van Mens
Cor Schilder (‘Pan’) (Volendam)
Neeltje Tol (Volendam)
Lisanne Engels (Utrecht)
Willem Grootscholten (Nieuwegein)
Robin Hemelrijk (Harmelen)
Robert-Jan van Zijtveld (Vleuten)
Frederique van Zijtveld (Vleuten) Professor Joep Lange
Regis Crolla
Australian
Elaine Teoh
Albert Rizk
Maree Rizk
Roger Guard
Jill Guard
Liliane Derden
Liam Davison
Frankie Davison
Sister Philomene Tiernan
Nick Norris and three grandchildren, Mo, Evie, and Otis
Malaysian
Ali Md Salim
Angeline Premila Rajandaran
Shazana Salleh
Wan Amran Bin Wan Hussin
Eugene Choo Jin Leong
Ahmad Hakimi Bin Hanapi
Muhamad Firdaus Bin Abdul Rahim
Mohd Ghafar Bin Abu Bakar
Dora Shamila Binti Kassim
Azrina Binti Yakob
Lee Hui Pin
Mastura Binti Mustafa
Chong Yee Pheng
Shaikh Mohd Noor Bin Mahmood
Sanjid Singh Sandhu
Hamfazlin Sham Binti Mohamed Arifin
UK
John Alder
Glenn Thomas Liam Sweeney
CREW LIST SEE “MALAYSIAN NATIONALITY
Captain: Wan Amran Bin Wan Hussin (male, 50 years old)
Captain: Eugene Choo Jin Leong (male, 45 years old)
Vice- captain: Ahmad Hakimi Bin Hanapi (male, 29 years old)
Vice- captain: Muhamad Firdaus Bin Abdul Rahim (male, 27 years old)
Mohd Ghafar Bin Abu Bakar (male, 54 years old)
Dora Shamila Binti Kassim (female, 47 years old)
Azrina Binti Yakob (female, 41 years old)
Lee Hui Pin (female, 42 years old)
Mastura Binti Mustafa (female, 40 years old)
Chong Yee Pheng (female, 40 years old)
Shaikh Mohd Noor Bin Mahmood (male, 44 years old)
Sanjid Singh Sandhu (male, 41 years old)
Hamfazlin Sham Binti Mohamed Arifin (female, 42 years old)
Nur Shazana Binti Mohamed Salleh (female, 31 years old)
Angeline Premila Rajandaran (female, 30 years old)
INDONESIA
Transportation Ministry spokesman J.A Barata has confirmed 12 Indonesians, including one infant, were on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane, which was shot down over Ukraine.
Below are the names of Indonesian passengers, which Malaysia Airlines provided to the ministry, Barata said.
1. Hadiono Gunawan
2. Yodricunda Theistiasih
3. Ketut Wiartini
4. Yuli Hastini
5. Vickline Kurniati Kardia
6. Supartini
7. Hendry
8. Gerda Leliana Lahendra
9. Wether Smallenburg
10. Jane M Adi Soetjipto
11. Wayan Sujana
12 Clarice Yelena Huizen (infant) (nfo)
German
Of the four Germans on board the plane, so far, there’s information about only one of them.
South African
A rescue helicopter pilot who recently moved to Malaysia with his family to spend more time with them was also among the dead.
Cameron Dalziel, 43, was married with two sons, ages four and 14. The South Africa-born pilot, who was apparently flying with a U.K. passport, worked for years as a rescue helicopter pilot in Mozambique.
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statement mas airline
Media Statement 4: MH17 Incident
1. Flight plan
MH17’s flight plan was approved by Eurocontrol, who are solely responsible for determining civil aircraft flight paths over European airspace. Eurocontrol is the air navigation service provider for Europe and is governed under ICAO rules.
The route over Ukrainian airspace where the incident occurred is commonly used for Europe to Asia flights. A flight from a different carrier was on the same route at the time of the MH17 incident, as were a number of other flights from other carriers in the days and weeks before. Eurocontrol maintains records of all flights across European airspace, including those across Ukraine.
In April, the International Civil Aviation Organization identified an area over the Crimean peninsula as risky. At no point did MH17 fly into, or request to fly into, this area. At all times, MH17 was in airspace approved by the ICAO.
2. Altitude
MH17 filed a flight plan requesting to fly at 35,000ft throughout Ukrainian airspace. This is close to the ‘optimum’ altitude.
However, an aircraft’s altitude in flight is determined by air traffic control on the ground. Upon entering Ukrainian airspace, MH17 was instructed by Ukrainian air traffic control to fly at 33,000ft.
3. Nationalities
Following this afternoon’s press conference, Malaysia Airlines can confirm that a further 16 passengers’ nationalities have been verified. The latest breakdown of nationalities of those on board the flight is as follows:
· 189 Netherlands
· 44 Malaysia
· 27 Australia
· 12 Indonensia
· 9 UK
· 4 Belgium
· 4 Germany
· 3 Philippines
· 1 Canada
· 1 New Zealand
Four passengers’ nationalities remain to be verified.
4. New flight route
Following this incident, Malaysia Airlines now avoids Ukrainian airspace entirely, flying further south over Turkey.
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As many as 100 people heading to the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne were on the doomed flight, Fairfax Media reported, including Lange, a former president of the International AIDS Society which organises the event.
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