298 : On July 17 , 2014 , Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 , a Boeing 777-200ER , flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 298 people on board , was shot down in an area of Eastern Ukraine near the Ukraine/Russian border during the War in Donbass . There were 283 passengers , including 3 infants , and 15 crew members on board MH17 , all of whom perished . The crew were all Malaysians , while the passengers were of various nationalities , most from the Netherlands . Several Ukrainian Air Force ( UAF ) aircraft had been shot down over the rebel-controlled territory before the MH17 incident . Immediately after the crash , a post appeared on the VKontakte social media profile attributed to Igor Girkin , leader of the Donbass separatist militia , claiming responsibility for shooting down a Ukrainian An-26 military transporter near Torez . This post was removed later the same day , and the separatists then denied shooting down any aircraft
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
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