[PAR] [TLE] Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 [SEP] Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down on 17 July 2014 while flying over eastern Ukraine, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.  Contact with the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was lost about 50 km from the Ukraine–Russia border and wreckage of the aircraft landed near Torez in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 40 km from the border.  The crash occurred in an area controlled by the Donbass People's Militia during the Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion, part of the ongoing war in Donbass.  The crash is the deadliest airliner shootdown, eighth-deadliest aviation disaster, and was Malaysia Airlines' second aircraft loss during 2014 after the disappearance of Flight 370 on March 8. [PAR] [TLE] Willem Witteveen [SEP] Willem Johannes Witteveen (] ; 5 May 195217 July 2014) was a Dutch legal scholar, politician, and author.  He was a law professor at Tilburg University (1990–2014) and a Member of the Senate for the Labour Party (1999–2007; 2013–2014).  He was also the author of several books about law and politics.  Witteveen was killed on 17 July 2014 when the flight he was travelling on, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down over eastern Ukraine.
[PAR] [TLE] Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 [ SEP ] Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 ( MH17/MAS17 ) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down on 17 July 2014 while flying over eastern Ukraine , killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board . Contact with the aircraft , a Boeing 777 - 200ER , was lost about 50 km from the Ukraine – Russia border and wreckage of the aircraft landed near Torez in Donetsk Oblast , Ukraine , 40 km from the border . The crash occurred in an area controlled by the Donbass People 's Militia during the Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion , part of the ongoing war in Donbass . The crash is the deadliest airliner shootdown , eighth - deadliest aviation disaster , and was Malaysia Airlines ' second aircraft loss during 2014 after the disappearance of Flight 370 on March 8 . [PAR] [TLE] Willem Witteveen [ SEP ] Willem Johannes Witteveen ( ] ; 5 May 195217 July 2014 ) was a Dutch legal scholar , politician , and author . He was a law professor at Tilburg University ( 1990–2014 ) and a Member of the Senate for the Labour Party ( 1999–2007 ; 2013–2014 ) . He was also the author of several books about law and politics . Witteveen was killed on 17 July 2014 when the flight he was travelling on , Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 , was shot down over eastern Ukraine .
Willem Witteveen was shot down aboard a flight carrying how many passengers?
Willem Witteveen was shot down aboard a flight carrying how many passengers ?
283
283