Shell Employees on Doomed Malaysian Flight

Royal Dutch Shell plc confirmed Friday that some of its employees were on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 that is believed to have been shot down by a missile over eastern Ukraine Thursday evening. In all, 298 people were confirmed as being on the flight by the airline.

In a statement on its Malaysian website, Shell said:

"After a review of traveler records and airline manifests, we now have confirmation from authorities and family members that Shell staff were aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 17, which went down in Ukraine while traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur."

Shell said that it is still working on a definitive list of the employees who were on the flight and that is was unable to provide further information at the moment.

"We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss of our colleagues and friends, and we mourn their loss and the loss of the lives of everyone onboard flight MH17," the statement continued.

"Shell is providing support to the families of our employees to help them through this time of grief.

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of all the passengers and crew on board flight MH17."



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John B  |  July 21, 2014
This is a terrible tragedy, of course, the victims were not involved in a war, they were innocent victims of a lunatic who is committed to gain power by any means and to spare no expense in gaining that power, even if it requires innocent lives. Every Oil company domicile in the free world should pull out of Russia and take all of the technology with them. If Shell Oil is in a partnership with Putin, they should follow my suggestion, this would show that they mean what they say when offering sympathy to their colleagues and family. It is time for the Oil industry to step in since our President wont, the USA can provide the resources to countries buying oil and gas from Putin, so they can cut him off completely. That should be the repercussions that he must deal with.


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