Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Passenger Joked On Facebook “If It Disappears, This Is What It Looks Like”

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Cor Pan, reportedly a Dutch passenger on the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, made a joke about the flight on Facebook before taking off Thursday morning.

Cor Pan, reportedly a Dutch passenger on the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, made a joke about the flight on Facebook before taking off Thursday morning.
Facebook: cor.pan.7
 is probably a coincidence but it has enough trouble. Before takeoff Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines, which crashed in eastern Ukraine with 295 people on board, one of the passengers (Cor Pan) published on his Facebook page a picture that seems to be the of the aircraft in question:

“"If it disappears, that's what it looks like…”As more details emerged Thursday about the fate of Flight MH17, Pan's Facebook post quickly started going viral.
Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters

Pan’s friends have poured on to his page to share their grief in comments.

Pan's friends have poured on to his page to share their grief in comments.
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There is also a separate memorial page for Pan that his friends set up where even more users are sharing photos.

There is also a separate memorial page for Pan that his friends set up where even more users are sharing photos.
Facebook: 661025023987268

In the search for details about who might have been on board the downed flight, Twitter users began sharing screenshots of Pan’s photo.

Arsène's Bodyguard@EvaMcL3
The guy who posted the pic on FB -Cor Pan- making a joke about the missing plane, was on the flight with his wife. Friends confirmed. RIP.
8:45 PM - 17 Jul 14
Siboe Siboe@SiboeSiboe
Dutch national Cor Pan joked as he lined up to board MH17, "If it goes missing, this is what it looks like."
8:31 PM - 17 Jul 14
Kris Zane@DefeatObama
MH17 passenger Facebook post 1 hour before the plane got shot down-"in case it disappears..." https://t.co/qYZnavkq21
8:29 PM - 17 Jul 14

Many found the joke incredibly eerie.

Kate Mullen@NinjaArkRock
Last Facebook post of Dutchman Cor Pan makes tragic reading. "If it disappears, this is what it looks like" next to a photo of flight MH17.
8:18 PM - 17 Jul 14

There were 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board Flight MH17. For more details about Flight MH17 follow this developing story.

There were 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board Flight MH17. For more details about Flight MH17 follow this developing story .
REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

A YouTube video allegedly shot on location had been posted:
UPDATE 2:25PM EDT - According to Reuters, pro-Russian separatists claim to have found the "black box" recorder. NBC's Brian Williams points out that this crash investigation will be happening in an active war zone. The debris field spreads over an estimated 9-mile area, indicating the plane broke up at a high altitude.

Video showing MH17 wreckage, from YouTube
UPDATE 3:24PM EDT — Reuters reports that search efforts are being hampered "by armed terrorists."




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