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I don't think any of the passengers were from the US.

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BBC news quoted airport officials reporting 23 US citizens. Some US passports have also appeared in photographs purporting to be from the scene.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/malaysia-airl...

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Yeah, those reports were wrong: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118762/false-report-23-am....

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"The State Department was trying to confirm reports that 23 Americans were aboard the downed aircraft, spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said." (http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-mis...)

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And once the US Dept. of State investigated, they discovered the 23 Americans claim to be false (but later one dual-national American was found to have boarded the flight): http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118762/false-report-23-am...