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I don't think any of the passengers were from the US.
by nextstep 12y ago
I don't think any of the passengers were from the US.
- lobster_johnson 12y ago"The State Department was trying to confirm reports that 23 Americans were aboard the downed aircraft, spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said." (http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-missile-ukraine-malaysia-plane-20140717-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-mis...)
- nextstep 12y agoAnd once the US Dept. of State investigated, they discovered the 23 Americans claim to be false (but later one dual-national American was found to have boarded the flight): http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118762/false-report-23-americans-mh17-used-right-attack-obama http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118762/false-report-23-am...
- anigbrowl 12y agoBBC news quoted airport officials reporting 23 US citizens. Some US passports have also appeared in photographs purporting to be from the scene. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/malaysia-airlines-plane-crash-boeing-jet-carrying-295-people-crashes-in-ukraine-9612882.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/malaysia-airl...
- nextstep 12y agoYeah, those reports were wrong: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118762/false-report-23-americans-mh17-used-right-attack-obama http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118762/false-report-23-am....