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epa04320111 Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ivo Opstelten (C) speaks to journalists during a press conference in The Hague, The Netherlands, 17 July 2014, about t the Malaysia Boeing 777 that departed from Dutch Schiphol airport to Kuala Lumpur and crashed at the Ukraine Russian border. Opstelten stated that a lot of Dutch citizins were killed in the crash without giving a specific number. The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels on 17 July denied shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 people on board that crashed over the east of the country near the border with Russia. Malaysia Airlines said that it lost contact with Flight MH17 at 1415 GMT, about 50 kilometres from the Russia-Ukraine border. The Boeing 777 departed Amsterdam at 12:15 pm and was scheduled to arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 6:10 am on 18 July. The plane was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members, the airline said. EPA/EVERT-JAN DANIELS