So 1 plane destroyed, 298 people dead, 28 of them being fellow Australians. Was anyone from your country affected?
IDK, but it seems like it wouldn't be that hard with the amount of people they have to deal with. An example is in a classroom, how many people do you actually "know" about? In my case, I know people are there, but I don't know anything about them.
EDIT: I was gonna use that image, but I can't count so I thought a lot more people where unknown...
To me, people are people. It doesn't really matter whether or not we share a nationality. It would be rather arrogant to find someone less important just because I don't know said person.
It's not like I am deeply grieving. But when 189 Dutch people are lost, amongst them 2 people from my town, you always know someone who had something to do with them. I've seen pictures of the crash site, and I saw little Disney backpacks and other personal belongings. Stuff like that is terrible to see.
According to the latest update, all the passengers are known by now. These are all the nationalities on board of the plane according to Malaysia airlines.
192 Dutch people
44 Malaysians
27 Australians
12 Indonesians
10 British
4 Germans
4 Belgians
3 Filipino's
1 Canadian
1 New Zealand
There was one Dutchman on board who also had an American passport. He is counted as a Dutch and American victim.
The last 24 hours the crash site has been robbed and manipulated by people who might have reasons to hide or mess with evidence. The black box was even on its way to Moscow.
I'm hoping here too that this will be handled properly. Sadly, if Putin is in charge of it, it isn't too likely that there is any objectivity.
Even in a field in the most rural landscape of Ukraine, the world is a very small place. Know this, the truth will be found, regardless of whether or not it is ever heard from a black box.The last 24 hours the crash site has been robbed and manipulated by people who might have reasons to hide or mess with evidence. The black box was even on its way to Moscow.I'm hoping here too that this will be handled properly. Sadly, if Putin is in charge of it, it isn't too likely that there is any objectivity.
With comments like these, it makes me wonder if we will find out who is responsible in the near future. There are going to be a lot powerful people not happy about how this is being handled if no one steps forward and does something proactive in the attempt to 'quieten' Putin and the conflict.