Restraint prevails as the Netherlands mournsits dead in country’s second-worst air disaster

Flowers at the Malaysia Airlines desk are the only clue that this place has a connection to the tragedy that had taken 298 lives less than 24 hours earlier.
Flags in the Netherlands are flying at half-mast as the prime minister, Mark Rutte, gives a media briefing on the second-worst air tragedy in the country’s history, with the death of 189 citizens.