The Malaysian airlines have announced that they are still unable to contact the next of kin of many who died onboard their airliner recently, the MH17.

One of the problems they also face is that they are unable to identify many of the family members connected to the victims.

Family and friends of the passengers of the Malaysian flight MH17 can contact the Malaysia Airlines' Family Support Centre at +603 7884 1234.

The numbers for families hailing from different countries and the contact number for them are given here, as released by the Malaysian airlines:

Netherlands (Malaysia Airlines Amsterdam office) +31 20 521 62 62

Australia (Malaysia Airlines Sydney office) +61 2 9364 3526

Indonesia (Malaysia Airlines Jakarta office) +62 2 1522 9705

New Zealand (Malaysia Airlines Auckland office) +64 9 306 3930

United Kingdom (Malaysia Airlines London office) +44 20 7341 2060

Germany (Malaysia Airlines Frankfurt office) +49 69 1387 1980

Philippines (Malaysia Airlines Manila office) + 63 2 889 1863

The company has also resorted to providing the passenger manifest online to hasten the process. The 'Malaysia Airlines MH17 Victims' List has been released for reference. As of 19th July, the number of passengers and their nationalities have been disclosed.

There have been 193 citizens from the Netherlands followed by 43 individuals from Malaysia. The Malaysian nationalities include the crew and two infants. 27 passengers were from Australia, 12 were from Indonesia and 10 were from the United Kingdom.

Four passengers stemmed from Germany and four were from Belgium. Three onboard were from the Philippines with one passenger from New Zealand and Canada, totaling 298.