Remains of 40 Malaysian victims from MH17 crash identified

September 17, 2014 02:35 pm | Updated April 20, 2016 05:22 am IST - Kuala Lumpur

The remains of 40 Malaysians who were aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine in July have been identified, a senior official said on Wednesday.

“Only three (Malaysian) victims are left yet to be identified or discovered,” Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein tweeted.

“Notwithstanding only three Malaysian victims are still not accounted for, we are still pushing to go in (to the crash site) for a final sweep before winter sets in,” he said.

There were 298 people aboard flight MH17 when it crashed in the Ukraine July 17, after it was suspected to have been shot down by a missile.

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