Nationalities Of 18 Malaysia Jet Passengers Still Unconfirmed

Malaysia Airlines planes are parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Malaysia Airlines flight with nearly 300 people aboard crashed over eastern Ukraine near the ... Malaysia Airlines planes are parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Thursday, July 18, 2013. A Malaysia Airlines flight with nearly 300 people aboard crashed over eastern Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday, the Ukraine government and a regional European aviation official reported, Thursday, and the Interfax news agency said it had been shot down.(AP Photo/Joshua Paul) MORE LESS

A Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down Thursday over Eastern Ukraine was carrying 298 people from at least 10 countries, the Associated Press reported. The nationalities of 18 passengers were still unconfirmed.

More than half of the people traveling on the downed jet were Dutch, according to the AP. So far no Americans have been identified as passengers.

Here’s a breakdown of the confirmed nationalities of those on board, according to the AP:

Netherlands: 173

Malaysia: 44 (including 15 crew and two infants)

Australia: 28

Indonesia: 12 (including one infant)

United Kingdom: 9

Germany: 4

Belgium: 4

Philippines: 3

Canada: 1

New Zealand: 1

Hong Kong: 1

Unconfirmed nationalities: 18

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  1. GASP! You mean there could have been… AMERICANS on board?! Someone wake up Grampy McCain! THIS IS WARRRRRRRRRR!!!1!!!one!!!uno!!!

  2. Avatar for tani tani says:

    Where Merkal, Hollande, Cameron, Hart, Abbott they complaint publicly about PBO & how their a strain on relationship … Now their BFF who committed this heinous murderous act & now lying about it? Their’s lips seem to be glue shut, while their people layed in a million pieces in their backyard.
    Why the media not banging on their door? Where are the countries people outrage?
    Where the media love child R. Paul (break out candidate from repub. party)? Is he waiting for a poll to tell him what to say or do?
    Once again, the media running to Obama for actions & solutions & repubs on the side-line throwing out wolf tickets & the EU hiding from the media…

  3. Well, Merkal does have some valid reasons to distrust Obama. It was Obama’s NSA that was spying on Merkal by tapping her phone. Then there is the recent news of a German citizen accused of spying for the US, resulting in the CIA’s station chief in Berlin being expelled.

    Many world leaders, including Merkal have called for a cease fire on both sides to allow an investigation into what Obama deemed “looks like it may be a terrible tragedy.”

  4. Did we not just have the World Cup?

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