Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 passengers' relatives wait for news
Guards block a man from entering the second floor of Kuala Lampur International Airport, reserved for family and relatives of Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17, July 17, 2014. The passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said.
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A woman, who said her name was Noraini and that she believed a relative of hers was on Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17, cries as she waits for more information about the crashed plane, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, July 18, 2014.
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The information screen at the Arrivals hall of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang displaying Malaysia Airlines MH017on July 18, 2014. The Malaysian airliner MH017 was carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine.
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A passenger sleeps in front of an information screen at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, July 18, 2014. A Malaysian airliner, carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed on July 17 near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine.
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Passengers walk past an information screen on July 18, 2014 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. A Malaysian airliner, carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed on July 17 near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine.
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An airport employee walks past a Malaysia Airlines signage at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. A Malaysian airliner, carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed on July 17 near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine.
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A couple walks to the location where more information will be given regarding the Malaysia Airlines plane traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that crashed near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine, at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 17, 2014. Malaysia Airlines said on July 17 that a passenger plane which crashed in eastern Ukraine was carrying 295 people, amid speculation it had been shot down.
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Relatives of passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam wait for information outside the family holding area at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, July 18, 2014. Malaysia Airlines said on July 17 that it had "lost contact" with one of its passenger planes carrying 295 people over eastern Ukraine, amid speculation it had been shot down.
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A closed desk of Malaysian airlines is seen at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, 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.
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Airport police stand guard at the arrival hall at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Malaysia Airlines said it lost contact with Flight MH17 over Ukrainian airspace Thursday. It was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Airport security personnel look at the flight information board in the departure hall, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. Malaysia Airlines said it lost contact with Flight MH17 over Ukrainian airspace Thursday. It was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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The upper floor of Schiphol Airport is closed for media and reserved for family and relatives of Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17, July 17, 2014.
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The desk of Malaysia Airways is seen at Schiphol Airport, July 17, 2014.
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A staff member sits behind a closed Malaysia Airlines desk at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, July 18, 2014.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak leaves the Airport Management building at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, July 18, 2014. A Malaysian airliner, carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed on July 17 near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine.