Smoke rises up at a crash site of a passenger plane, near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine (AP)
Nine Britons are feared dead in the Malaysia Airlines tragedy.
Original reports suggested nine UK nationals were among the 295 victims who died when Flight MH17 crashed in the Ukraine.
But a north-east couple from Methlick have revealed they and their baby were due to board the doomed plane from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur but switched to a later flight at the last minute because of a shortage of seats.
Barry and Izzy Sim, from Aberdeenshire said: “There must have been someone watching over us and saying ‘you must not get on that flight’.”
Photo posted to Twitter claiming to be from the crash site
Smoke rises up at a crash site of a passenger plane, near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine (AP)
A map showing where the aircraft last had contact
Fireball from moment plane crashed
Smoke rises up at a crash site of a passenger plane, near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine (AP)
Smoke rises up at a crash site of a passenger plane, near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine (AP)
Malaysian plane crash: Nine Britons feared dead after aircraft shot down
