More than three months after the plane crash of an Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, comes the sad confirmation that the Hoare family of four who lived in Roeser, have now been formally identified as being on board the aircraft.

The announcement was made jointly by Luxembourg police and Dutch authorities on Monday.

The identification took place in the military barracks located in the city Hilversum (Netherlands) headed up by national forensic police investigation units.

The Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down on July 17 this year in eastern Ukraine.

The Hoare family, including Andew, Estella (Vermeulen), Jasper and Friso, were among the 298 passengers and crew members who died on the plane.

They had been on their way to the holiday of a lifetime in the Borneo jungle.

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