Photos: Pics of passengers who died on #MH17

Passengers from all walks of life were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The Boeing 777 was carrying 298 people when it crashed in eastern Ukraine.
Relatives, friends and colleagues were paying tribute to victims before the airline released their names.
A young Dutch man named Regis Crolla posted a picture of his ticket on his Instagram profile, with the caption "I'm so excited" before boarding MH17.
Lord have mercy....I weep in my heart!!!- TBW

Regis Crolla, a young Dutch man,  posted a picture of his ticket on Instagram, saying 'I'm so excited' before boarding MH17.

Nick Norris, 68, from the Western Australia city of Perth, and his three grandchildren, Mo Maslin, 12, Evie Maslin, 10, and Otis Maslin, 8, were on Flight MH17, said David Harries, general manager of the South of Perth Yacht Club — of which Norris was a member.

Nick Norris, 68, from the Western Australia city of Perth.

Nick Norris's three grandchildren, Mo Maslin, 12, Evie Maslin, 10, and Otis Maslin, 8.

Leeds University student Richard Mayne is believed to have died aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Tributes have poured in on social media for Mayne, who is believed to have been a maths and finance undergraduate and previously studied at The Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth.

Leeds student Richard Mayne (pictured far right) is believed to have perished in the MH17 crash in Ukraine.

Several passengers were traveling to Melbourne, Australia, for the 20th International AIDS conference, which was starting on Sunday.
The Academic Medical Center hospital in Amsterdam said in a statement that two of its staff, including renowned AIDS researcher Joep Lange, a former president of the International AIDS Society, and his colleague Jacqueline van Tongeren were believed to have perished.
A World Health Organisation spokesman travelling to the conference was also killed.
Dutch activist Pim de Kuijer, once a political intern of former Dutch lawmaker Lousewies van der Laan, is also among the dead.

Renowned AIDS researcher Joep Lange, a former president of the International AIDS Society.

World Health Organisation spokesman Glenn Thomas, a 49-year-old Briton, was travelling to Melbourne to attend the AIDS conference.

Dutch AIDS activist Pim de Kuijer, once a political intern of former Dutch lawmaker Lousewies van der Laan.

For one Australian family, the Ukraine crash represented an almost unbelievable double tragedy. Kaylene Mann's brother Rod Burrows and sister-in-law Mary Burrows were on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 when it vanished in March. Now she has found out that her stepdaughter, Marie Rizk, was killed on Flight MH17.

Albert and Marie Rizk, of Melbourne, were returning home from a four-week holiday in Europe.

Students from the Kincoppal-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart in Sydney gathered Friday for a special prayer meeting after it was confirmed that Sister Philomene Tiernan, a 77-year-old teacher, was killed.

Sister Philomene Tiernan, a 77-year-old teacher at Sydney Catholic school Kincoppal-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart.

  Ben Pocock, a University of Loughborough student, was travelling to Perth, Australia, to commence six months of study at the University of Western Australia as part of his international business management degree at Loughborough University.

Bristol-born Ben Pocock is believed to be among those who died in the Malaysia Airlines crash on Thursday

Premier League club Newcastle United said two of its fans who were flying to watch the team's tour of New Zealand were also among the dead. The club's website named the supporters as John Alder and Liam Sweeney. Newcastle manager Alan Pardew said "myself and all the players are deeply shocked and saddened by this terrible news".

Newcastle United said two of its fans who were flying to watch the team's tour of New Zealand were also among the dead. The club's website named the supporters as John Alder and Liam Sweeney.

Quinn Lucas Schansman with dual citizenship U.S. and Dutch was the only named U.S. citizen who perished on board MH17 on July 17. The plane was shot down over Ukraine, allegedly by Russian separatists using sophisticated missile technology.

Widi Yuwono, the brother of Yuli Hastini, right, shows her sister's family portrait with her Dutch husband John Paulissen and their two children Arjuna and Sri who were on board of the crashed Malaysia Airlines flight 17, at his residence in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Friday, July 18, 2014. The Malaysian jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body.

Liu Wanyi, whose husband she newly married was onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which disappeared on March 8, shows a picture of her husband on a laptop as she sits on their matrimonial bed during an interview with Reuters in Beijing July 18, 2014.

Father Ng Siang Seng, left, and sister Angline of Hendry, a passenger of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, speak to journalists in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, July 18, 2014.

Liu Kun, whose younger brother Liu Qiang was onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which disappeared on March 8, shows a picture of his brother (top R) on his mobile phone during an interview with Reuters in Beijing July 18, 2014.

A photograph of Indonesian man Wayan Sujana of Bali, believed to be missing on Air Malaysia flight MH17, is fixed to the ticketing desk of Air Malaysia at Schiphol Airport on July 18, 2014 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

In this October 2008 photo provided by AMC Amsterdam on Friday, July 18, 2014, former president of the International AIDS Society Joep Lange is seen. A large number of world-renowned AIDS researchers and activists heading to an international AIDS conference in Australia were on board a Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over Ukraine, officials said Friday, as news of their deaths sparked an outpouring of grief across the global scientific community. Among them was Joep Lange, a well-known researcher from the Netherlands.

This is an undated handout photo issued by Paul English via the Press Association on Friday July 18, 2014 of British victim John Alder who died on board flight MH17 which was shot down over the Ukraine yesterday as it travelled from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

The nationalities of more victims were confirmed Friday – with the toll now including 189 Dutch, 44 Malaysians, 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians and 10 Britons. Three passengers are yet to be verified as well as one victim who had dual citizenship in the U.S. and the Netherlands.
Some of the victims named include:

• Evie Maslin, 10, from Australia was flying with her siblings.

• Mo Maslin, 12, Evie’s brother, was also aboard the flight.

• An entire Indonesian family was killed in the attack; John Paulissen, his wife Yuli Hastini and two children, Martin Arjuna Paulissen, 5, and Sri Paulissen, 3.

• Briton Glenn Thomas, 49, was among the 298 killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17

• Indiana University student-athlete, Karlijn Keijzer, 25, of Amsterdam was a doctoral candidate in chemistry at the university.

• Leading HIV researcher, Joep Lange, died in the MH17 crash.

• Shazana Salleh, was reportedly one of the Malaysian flight attendants on board who lost her life.

• Asian chef, Fan Shun-Po, from Hong Kong was also named a victim.
• Dutch senator, Willem Witteveen, was aboard flight M17
• Flight attendant Nur Shazana Mohamed Salleh, 31.
• Elaine Teoh (Picture below), was an Australian passenger aboard the Malaysian Airline flight

• Capt. Wan Amran Wan Hussin, one of the pilots, wrote a now-heartbreaking text shortly before takeoff, according to his cousin, he sent her the message that he would be home soon to see her.
• Sister Philomene Tiernan, a 77-year-old nun at Australia’s Kincoppal-Rose Bay School, was returning home after spending some time in Europe.

Other passengers named include:
Australia
Albert Rizk
Maree Rizk
Roger Guard
Jill Guard
Liliane Derden
Liam Davison
Frankie Davison
Malaysia
Ali Md Salim
Angeline Premila Rajandaran
Shazana Salleh
Wan Amran Bin Wan Hussin
Eugene Choo Jin Leong
Ahmad Hakimi Bin Hanapi
Muhamad Firdaus Bin Abdul Rahim
Mohd Ghafar Bin Abu Bakar
Dora Shamila Binti Kassim
Azrina Binti Yakob
Lee Hui Pin
Mastura Binti Mustafa
Chong Yee Pheng
Shaikh Mohd Noor Bin Mahmood
Sanjid Singh Sandhu
Hamfazlin Sham Binti Mohamed Arifin
Puan Sri Siti Amirah
Dutch
Jolette Nuesink
Peter Nuesink
Two Nuesink children
Emiel Mahler
Pim de Kuijer
Martine de Schutter
Lucie van Mens
Willem Witteveen
Karlijn Keijzer
British 
John Alder
Liam Sweeney
American
Quinn Lucas Schansman

May God rest their innocent souls and give their families the fortitude to bear the losses- Amen.