Rodney and Mary Burrows are presumed dead on MissinG Flight MH370 (Picture: Bellows Family)

Two grandparents are thought to have lost more family members on the flight shot down over Ukraine – just four months after their son and his wife disappeared on another Malaysian Airlines plane.

Irene and George Burrows lost their son Rodney and his wife Mary, who are presumed dead on missing flight MH370 that disappeared over the Indian Ocean in March.

And now they look likely to have to grieve again after reports suggested their step-granddaughter Maree Rizk and her husband Albert were aboard MH17.

Mrs Burrows’ son Greg spoke of the latest tragic blow to hit the Queensland family, telling the Courier Mail: ‘It has been a trying day.




‘This has just blown everyone clear out of the water.’

The full list of the victims of flight MH17 are yet to be officially released. It was shot down when flying through Ukrainan airspace on Thursday, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, with more than 300 people on board.

Wreckage from shot down Malaysian Airlines MH17 (Picture:Getty Images)

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