Malaysia Airlines says 298 on board doomed flight, including 3 infants
Posted Jul 17, 2014 09:17:07 PM.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia Airlines has increased the death toll from Flight 17 that was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine on Thursday to 298 from 295, saying that three infants had not been included in the original list.
The airline also said in a statement Friday on its website that all of its European flights “will be taking alternative routes avoiding the usual route.”
Of the known nationalities of the victims, the majority — 154 — were from the Netherlands, while 45, including 15 crew, were from Malaysia.
It said that the nationalities of 41 passengers had not been verified yet.
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