The remains of one more victim of the crash of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing in eastern Ukraine have been identified since the beginning of this week, bringing the total number of identified victims to 295 out of the total 298, the Netherlands government said on its website on Jan. 3.
One victim of the MH17 flight has been identified this week. The victim is a Dutch national. The victim’s relatives have already been informed, the government said in its statement.
All three victims, whose remains have yet to be identified, are also Dutch and there is a likelihood that their remains are already at a military base in Hilversum where they were sent last year from the Boeing crash site for identification.
For now it is not possible to say whether it will be known and when. The media will be informed when we have more information about the identification, the government said.
The MH17 flight operated by Malaysia Airlines, from Amsterdam (the Netherlands) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17. All 298 people on board were killed.
According to the main line of inquiry, the plane was brought down by a rocket while flying over the armed-conflict zone in southeastern Ukraine. The joint international inquiry team includes representatives from Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ukraine. Experts’ access to the crash site was thwarted by the ongoing hostilities in the area.
It was announced on Dec. 5, 2014, that 292 air crash victims had been identified. The victims are being identified by their teeth, fingerprints and DNA profile.
