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Thursday, July 17, 2014

One Canadian among dead on downed Malaysian plane

People inspect the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) An official with Malaysia Airlines says at least one Canadian was among the 295 people aboard a passenger plane that was downed today over Ukraine. Huib Gorter, the airline's senior senior vice-president, says 154 people were Dutch, 27 were Australians, 23 were Malaysians, 11 were Indonesian, six were from the United Kingdom, four were from Germany, four were from Belgium, and three were from the Philippines. A Canadian government official could not elaborate on the Canadian who died. Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement expressing shock and sadness about the destruction of the plane and says Canada is willing to provide whatever support it can to assist authorities in determining the cause of the crash.




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