An eighty-year-old man, who was spotted holding a blue backpack with a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight number tag, has revealed the sentimental value of the backpack.

Anton Kotte disclosed that his six-year-old grandson took the backpack with the name “Remco” on it for a holiday when he was travelling with his parents on the MH17 flight, on July 17, 2014.

“Half a year after the plane crash, the authority called and asked...