Number 17 played a mysterious role in the life of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17

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Monitoring Desk: Number 17 played a mysterious role in the life of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.

Boeing 777-200 had its first flight precisely 17 year ago on July 17, 1997. Today was its 17 birthday. It crashed/shot down on July 17. MH17 disappeared/crashed/shot down at 1717 hours of Ukraine time.

Official data of the flight MH17 is here under:

Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200ER

Registration: 9M-MRD
Cn/msn: 28411/84
First flight: 17 July 1997
Operator: Malaysia Airlines
Occupants: 15 crew members, 280 passengers
Location of accident: about 60 km E of Donetsk, Ukraine

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