MH17: 80-year-old grandpa and a backpack with MAS flight number tag

VIJFHUIZEN: An eighty-year-old man was seen carrying a blue backpack with the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight number attached, and he shared that the backpack held sentimental value.

Anton Kotte, who carried the backpack with the word “REMCO,” said his six-year-old grandson took it for a holiday when he was travelling with his parents on the MH17 flight on July 17, 2014.