Tragedy Of Steward Who Changed Flights At The Last Minute To Work Flight MH17

It’s an astonishing twist of fate – a Malaysian air steward is dead after swapping himself onto flight MH17, only months after his wife, who is also a steward, saved her own life by swapping herself off the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

Sanjid Singh's last minute decision to board Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has devastated his family.

The Malaysian Insider reported that the 41-year-old had swapped flights with a colleague to fly on the Kuala Lumpur-bound Boeing 777.

His wife had swapped out of flight MH370 which has been missing since March.

The father of the steward, 71-year-old Jijar Singh, sobbed as he said was eager to see his youngest child and only son after the flight.

'He always called us before he leaves for his trip,' Sanjid's father said.
'Sanjid's wife was meant to fly on MH370 but swapped with another colleague at the last minute.'

Angeline Premila was reportedly a stewardess on Malaysian Airline flight MH17

Danica Weeks, from Perth, who lost her husband on missing flight MH370 has spoken out in the aftermath of the most recent Malaysia Airlines tragedy, telling affected families that she knows what they're going through.

Friends wrote on Shazana Salleh's Facebook profile, who was also reportedly a flight attendant on board MH17

'I know the pain it causes and it’s just horrible, my heart goes out to the families,' she told Port Macquarie News.

It is believed that Azrina Binti Yakob, 41, was also on the Kuala Lumpur-bound Boeing 777

She has urged families affected by the tragedy to stick together, criticising the way Malaysia Airlines have handled their affairs since MH370 went missing in March.
'Malaysia Airlines...[communication] has been far and few between, they haven’t been very good at communicating at all.'

A British press officer who worked for the UN, a pioneering AIDS doctor, a Catholic nun from Australia - and 80 children were among the 298 victims killed yesterday.

This morning the identities of the passengers - all of whom are thought to have died - have begun to emerge. The victims include nine Britons, 173 Dutch and 27 Australians.

International: Mr Thomas (circled) is pictured above at a press conference delivered by the World Health Organisation - an agency of the United Nations - and is surrounded by high-ranking experts from the body

The Boeing 777 aircraft was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was hit by a sophisticated surface-to-air missile over territory near Donetsk held by pro-Russian rebels who the Ukrainian government says are backed by the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed Ukraine for the attack.
The plane was shot down in an 'act of terrorism', killing all 298 passengers and crew on board, including three Australian children, aged between eight and 12, who were travelling with their grandfather.




Source: Mail Online