MH17 crash: Australian couple also lost relatives on MH370

MELBOURNE: It has been a trying year for Irene and George Burrows of Queensland, Australia, who lost two relatives who were on board Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 - the second time tragedy struck them in the space of four months as they also had family members on the missing flight MH370.

Their step-grand-daughter Maree Rizk and her husband, Albert, both from Sunbury near Melbourne, were named as two of the 27 Australians on MH17, which was believed to have been shot down over Ukraine Friday morning.