MH17 Crash: Stories about crewmembers
As a memorial to the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, I’ve pulled together some stories about crewmembers from The Star of Kuala Lumpur.
Stewardess Told Family to Wait for Her Return, Says Father
GEORGE TOWN: It was Nur Shazana Mohamed Salleh’s childhood dream to become an air stewardess.
The 31-year-old Penangite was one of the crew members on board MH17 that crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday.
Her family when met at their home in Persiaran Mayang Pasir here on Friday were sobbing uncontrollably.
Mohamed Salleh Shamsuddin, 54, said he last communicated with his daughter via WhatsApp some 24 hours before the ill-fated flight took off from Amsterdam.
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Flight steward switched places with colleague
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Flight steward Sanjid Singh Sandu, 41, was not supposed to be on Flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
According to his father Jijar Singh, 71, Sanjid had switched his shift with a colleague.
His 73-year-old mother had planned to cook his favourite dishes for Sanjid upon his return.
Flight attendant’s friends leave messages on her Facebook page
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Airline stewardess Angeline Premila is believed to have been on the Boeing 777 which was shot down in Ukraine late Thursday night.
The Klang born who appears to be in her mid twenties had friends writing well wishes and prayers on her Facebook wall, for her safe return.
Her colleagues who had seen the crew manifest had written asking her to get in touch as soon as she is safe.
Pilot planned to perform the haj this year
KEMAMAN: Wan Amran Wan Hussin, 50, the pilot of the Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in Ukraine on Thursday, had stated his intention to perform the haj later this year, according to his nephew Amaluddin Noorshah, 48.
He had expressed his intention to his elder sister, Wan Aini, when he returned to his village in Kota Lama Kiri, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, to break fast with relatives last week, Amaluddin said.
“I felt a difference in the tone of his voice when he said that,” he said.
Amaluddin said he did not realise that was the last time he would meet his uncle.
“I learnt from a family WhatsApp network about what happened.
“All of us felt a weakness through our bodies when we found out that Wan Amran was the pilot of that ill-fated flight,” he said.
Chief Stewardess Kassim was mother of teenager
Twitter user Ain Senrose said she did not know how to break the news to her mother that her aunt, chief stewardess Dora Shahila Kassim, was on MH17.“I am heartbroken to hear that my aunt, who is my mother’s younger sister was there (on the flight), and my mother still does not know about this.
RIP