Dutch passenger put up image of tickets on Instagram before boarding Flight MH17

A young Dutch man posted an Instagram image of his plane tickets and wrote about his excitement in heading overseas before boarding doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. 

Instagram user Regis Crolla a picture of his ticket with the phrase "I'm so excited" before boarding the Boeing 777....

He also wrote the words "AMS -> Kuala Lumpur -> Bali". The tickets visible in a photo showed he would travel from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur and then on to Denpasar on MH17.

 At the time of writing almost 8000 people had left comments of support on the young man's profile.

 "Godspeed. Rest in peace," one says.

 "One day you and your parents, friends and family back together but then forever," reads another.

The full passenger list has yet to be published but initial reports suggest 154 Dutch, 23 Malaysians, 11 Indonesians, 6 Britons, and 4 Germans were on board the flight, as well as 27 Australians.