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April 19, 2024

Huib Gorter, senior vice-president of Malaysia Airlines, right, speaks at a press conference as Jos Nijhuis, president and CEO of Schiphol, left, listens, at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Thursday, July 17, 2014. An official with Malaysia Airlines says at least one Canadian was among the 295 people aboard a passenger plane that was downed today over Ukraine. Gorter says 154 people were Dutch, 27 were Australians, 23 were Malaysians, 11 were Indonesian, 6 were from the United Kingdom, 4 were from Germany, 4 were from Belgium, and 3 were from the Philippines. Gorter says authorities are still trying to determine the nationalities of the rest of the passengers.

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Huib Gorter, senior vice-president of Malaysia Airlines, right, speaks at a press conference as Jos Nijhuis, president and CEO of Schiphol, left, listens, at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Thursday, July 17, 2014. An official with Malaysia Airlines says at least one Canadian was among the 295 people aboard a passenger plane that was downed today over Ukraine. Gorter says 154 people were Dutch, 27 were Australians, 23 were Malaysians, 11 were Indonesian, 6 were from the United Kingdom, 4 were from Germany, 4 were from Belgium, and 3 were from the Philippines. Gorter says authorities are still trying to determine the nationalities of the rest of the passengers.