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Pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Laid to Rest

Captain Wan Amran, the pilot of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was buried Tuesday outside Kuala Lumpur.
Image: Funeral for MH17 victims in Shah Alam
Royal Malay Regiment army personnel carry the coffin of Malaysia Airlines pilot Captain Wan Amran during a burial ceremony in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 2, 2014. AZHAR RAHIM / EPA

The pilot of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was laid to rest Tuesday outside Kuala Lumpur. Captain Wan Amran was buried in Shah Alam after his body, along with eight others, was repatriated to Malaysia from the Netherlands.

All 298 people aboard were killed when the commercial jet was shot down near the Ukraine-Russia border on July 17.

Image: Funeral for MH17 victims in Shah Alam
Mariam Yusuf, 2nd right, wife of Malaysia Airlines Captain Wan Amran, is pictured during the MH17 pilot's burial ceremony in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 2, 2014.AZHAR RAHIM / EPA