A sad piece of news taunting the rest of the day.
A tragedy have fallen.
Really was quite unsettling perturbing news early in the morning.
I suppose the news would have been on everybody's newsfeed by now.
MAS flight MH370 KL to Beijing lost contact with the main navigation since around 2am today and no one seem to be able to detect the aircraft or the total of 239 passengers (plus crews) including 2 children onboard. The list is here and my heart goes out to all relatives and friends of the affected ones. Latest update was that the ?plane crashed into Vietnam Sea and search teams from many countries have been activated to help and rescue. Yet so far, no news. All next of kins have been informed. And it is still not confirmed if the plane really had indeed crashed into the sea.
To some, it may be just 'another aircrash'.
To me, it is much more.
To me, it is the MAS airplane which crashed. Or 'lost contact'.
We fly by MAS. We are the Enrich members. Even the mere 10mo Baby Maya has flown more than 10 times by MAS. And it was a MAS aircraft Boeing 777 lagi! One of the safest plane, supposedly. If that can happen to MAS... I can't bear to think further.
To me, flying is the only mode of transport for me to see my family. Takkan I take a ship and travel one week all the way back to peninsula to see my parents. Takkan I ask them to do the same to come visit me! This piece of sad unfortunate news will forever be in my mind whenever I fly and there is heavy rain or thunderstorm or turbulence. It might take me some time before flying, to be honest.
Some smart asses - blaming the pilot and even the government. What! Accusing the MAS of being inefficient, retorting that the search team being inefficient. What's the point la.....
Some even blame the pilot, calling him 'useless', as if it was his fault. Why laaa... Newsflash: he is one of the 239 missing victims. He is a senior pilot, having flown more than 18k hours. I bet he is a safe and good and brave captain. He was in-charge of the aircraft and responsible for the rest of the people in his plane. I am sure for someone as experienced as him, he would have done everything he could to save the plane and the rest to avoid such catastrophe. I am sure he is a good and caliber man. Have mercy on him and his family. They are suffering enough with the fear of losing him. No need to haunt and cause more troubles. Respects to him. He might have flown us many times and we are still safe and sound. Thank you, Captain.
And what's with the dumb people making jokes about the crash and the insensitive comments about the missing people. I don't even bother sharing it here. You can see those in my Twitter account @wendy_choc or any other sites.
Some even politisicing it. I don't know if there is such word but I don't care. Hey people, this is 239 lives we are talking about!!! Two children lehh!!! ARE YOU STUPID OR LOST YOUR HEART AND SOUL??? Why you wanna connect politic to tragedy of such scale??? Nobody thinks you are funny. Nobody thinks you are smart.
These are people's somebody someone. All those people have loved ones waiting for them to come home safely. Please have respect.
To be fair, when the AirFrance crashed in 2009, I remembered it took them a long grave 5 or 6 days to find the bodies. And not all bodies were found. Some were just pieces of it. What do you expect the search team can find in less than 24 hours? They are already bearing the bad weather in Vietnam, risking their own lives, trying their very best to find the aircraft and/or survivors and those of you, sitting comfortably at home in your sofa clicking your iPhone, actually have the decency to scold and accuse them of 'inefficient' and 'useless'. If you can dive all the way down thousands of meter under sea level, go volunteer and help la. If not, don't talk so loud so much and no need to point finger. Sit tight and pray and their safety (those in MH370 and of the search team - high risk profession too).
I keep imagining the fear the 239 people in the MH370 must have undergone, knowing what was going to happen in the flight. I hope nobody experienced pain. I keep thinking of the two poor children. They must have been so afraid, not understanding what was happening. I'm sure they were in their parents' tight embrace. They are so young. As I type this, Maya is just sleeping next to me. This is very hard to accept and take in.
LeCousin said her friend's cousin's whole family were in the plane. It was supposed to be a happy family vacation. At least they had each other at that moment. I don't know if it is a comforting thought or tragic. Her friend's sister was supposed to be in the plane. She missed the flight because of the notorious KL traffic jam.
For once, I don't curse the jam. It was like she was fated to miss the flight.
When tragedy like this happens, you can't help but stop and ponder.
Life is so short. Anything can happen. Anytime.
Everything might have been destined.
I don't know. You don't know. Nobody knows.
Only He does.
What a sad sad disheartening news for Malaysia today.
#PrayforMH370
Deeply sorry to all the family members of the passengers of MH370.
So very sorry.
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