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Family mourns South African on Flight MH17
| Preliminary reports confirm that a South African national was travelling on board Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down in eastern Ukraine last Thursday, leaving all 298 passengers dead by sertan sanderson
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It’s believed that South African helicopter pilot Cameron Dalziel (43) was among the 298 passengers who died on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 last week. Dalziel had moved to Miri in Malaysia in December with his wife and two sons, where he had been working as a rescue pilot for CHC Helicopters. Dalziel had been sent for training in the Netherlands just before the fatal crash and was on his way back to his family in Malaysia, when the airliner crashed in Ukraine on Thursday following a missile attack. Dalziel is said to have been travelling on his British passport, as the South African government continues to deny the presence of any of its citizens on the flight. According to an official announcement made earlier by the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO) there had been no South Africans were travelling on board of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. DIRCO spokesperson Nelson Kgwete had said that there were no South African passengers on the downed flight: “Our mission in Kuala Lumpur informed us that amongst the passengers no one was travelling with a South African passport. We are aware of reports that there were two men with links to South Africa on board. According to consular policy, the country where the passport was issued should assist in
terms of consular services.” But unofficial reports had already suggested shortly after the aviation accident had occurred that at least one South African had been on board the flight. Dalziel’s family later confirmed that he was among those killed on the flight. The status of dual nationals, including those with dual SA citizenship, has not been investigated yet, as the recovery process from the fatal crash of the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur is dragging on due to a lack of cooperation of the local authorities. The data examined thus far has solely taken the passport information which was used to travel on flight MH17 into account. The plane was reportedly shot down from the ground, but it remains unclear whether proRussian elements or Ukrainian separatists were behind the attack, which killed all of the 298 passengers and crew members, over half of whom were Dutch nationals. Western governments have increasingly been putting the blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of illegally arming pro-Russian rebels in the east of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the belligerent parties have been accusing each other of being the perpetrators behind the attack. Malaysian Airlines may be witnessing the worst year in its history, after another of their flights, MH370, had disappeared over the Indian Ocean earlier in 2014.