Four Germans died in a plane crash in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, German media Spiegel Online reported, citing an airport spokesman in Amsterdam.

The Press Office of the German Foreign Ministry told Xinhua that the ministry was trying to obtain reliable information, but did not give any comments about whether Germans were killed.

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed Thursday in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, with all the 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board reportedly having been killed.