Among the 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were a renowned AIDS researcher, a Dutch senator and an Australian novelist
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Regis Crolla, a young Dutch man, posted a picture of his ticket on Instagram, saying 'I'm so excited' before boarding MH17 that was shot down by surface-to-air missile near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine.