Hit with the news that a Malaysia Airlines plane traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur went down in Ukraine, relatives of the passengers gathered at the airports in Kuala Lumpur and Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam seeking answers.
With no expected survivors from the crash, the images show the relatives’ heartbreak.
Relatives of people onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam react outside the family holding area at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on July 18, 2014. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)
Akmar Binti Mohd Noor, 67, whose sister was onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam cries outside the family holding area at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on July 18, 2014. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman reacts to news regarding a Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
A woman reacts to news regarding a Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A family member cries as she receives the news of the ill fated flight MH17 on the phone on July 18, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Rahman Roslan/Getty Images)
A relative of passengers on flight MH17 cries as he waits in a bus to receive more information, at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Thursday, July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
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 on July 17, 2014. (JEROEN JUMELET/AFP/Getty Images)
A family member cries as she receives the news of the ill fated flight MH17 on the phone on July 18, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Rahman Roslan/Getty Images)
298 people were on board, and all are believed to be dead.
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