By preliminary information no Kazakhs were on board of the crashed Boeing - MFA RK

Date: 07:43, 18-07-2014.

Astana. July 18. Silkroadnews - According to preliminary information there were no Kazakhs on the crashed Malaysian passenger plane Boeing-777, transmits KazTAG.
As reported, on July 17 in Ukraine fell passenger Boeing-777 of Malaysian Airlines. Aircraft was to enter Russian airspace at 17.00 MSK, but fell 60 km from the border. The plane load emergency beacon.
At the board there were 15 crew members and 283 passengers, including three children. The disaster killed all who were on the board. According to the Malaysia Airlines, the board shipped 154 citizens of the Netherlands, 27 Australians, 23 Malaysian, 11 Indonesians, 6 Britons, 4 citizen of Germany and Belgium, 3 Filipinos and 1 Canadian. Nationality of 41 more passenger is not yet established. According to some reports, the board included 23 Americans. All 15 crew members were Malaysians.
Eurocontrol closed airspace for civil aviation above Ukraine. According to representative of Malaysia Airlines, at the time of the crash the airspace where disaster occured was considered safe.
Currently, Malaysia has sent a group of experts to Ukraine to investigate the accident. Donetsk militia pledged to let the OSCE observers to the the place of the crash. They are also willing to isolate the scene of the disaster and to ensure access of local authorities to the place of tragedy.
Set up staff offices to assist relatives of the victims in the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ukrainian embassies in Malaysia and Netherlands.

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