List of nationalities aboard flight MH17

Malaysia Airlines has released a list of nationalities aboard flight MH17, which went down in East Ukraine on Thursday.

The airline has also stated that similar to other global carriers, Malaysia Airlines will be taking alternative routes avoiding the usual route over Europe.

The usual flight route was earlier declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

International Air Transportation Association has stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions.

Malaysia Airlines also confirmed the aircraft MH17, which was on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, did not make a distress call.

The airline confirms the flight was carrying a total number of 298 people – comprising 283 passengers including three infants of various nationalities and 15 crew of Malaysian nationality.

Some of the nationalities of the passengers are yet to be determined.

List of number of passengers and crew according to nationality are as follows:

Nationality                                                                   Total

Netherlands                                                                  154

Malaysia                                                 43 (including 15 crew and 2 infants)

Australia                                                                           27

Indonesia                                                      12 (including 1 infant)

United Kingdom                                                                9

Germany                                                                             4

Belgium                                                                               4

Philippines                                                                          3

Canada                                                                                1

Unverified                                                                          41

Total                                                                                 298

Malaysia Airlines is in the process of notifying the next-of-kin of the passengers and crew.

The carrier said its focus was now to work with emergency responders and authorities and mobilise its full support to provide all possible care to the next-of-kin.

Malaysia Airlines is deploying its ‘Go Team’ to Amsterdam  with a group of caregivers and volunteers to assist the family members of the passengers.

Families of passengers and crew may contact +603 7884 1234 (Malaysia) or +317 034 87770 (Netherlands).

Flight specs

While Ukraine claims the ill-fated flight was brought down by rebels, Malaysia Airlines states the B777-200 aircraft bearing registration number 9M-MRD that operated MH17 on 17 July, 2014 had a clean maintenance record.

The aircraft’s last maintenance check was on 11 July 2014.

The next check was due on 27 Aug 2014.

The maintenance was conducted at Malaysia Airlines’ hangar at KLIA. The aircraft had a clean bill of health.

The aircraft was manufactured in July 1997, and was 17 years in service, recording 75,322 hours with a total of 11434 cycles.

All communication system on the aircraft were functioning normally.

The B777-200 uses the Rolls-Royce Trent-800 engine and has a 282-seat capacity.