Huib Gorter of Malaysia Airlines has said there were “probably 154 Dutch people on board,” at the time of the crash.
Dutch officials are reporting the following distribution of nationalities:
154 Dutch
47 unknown
27 Australian
23 Malaysian
11 Indonesian
6 British
4 German
4 Belgian
3 Filipino
1 Canadian
Source: Malaysia Airlines plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border – live
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What tragic news to be waking up to this morning for the family and friends of victims.