MH370 - the importance of learning from history
KINIBIZ It has been a year since the world lost contact with Flight MH370, but closure appears to remain unavailable for those whose loved ones vanished along with the plane. Tiger can but pray that Malaysia, and the world, has learnt something from this, to ensure that this does not happen again.
2014 has been a year of aircraft-related tragedies, with the loss of MH17 over Ukraine, QZ8501 over the Java Sea, as well as GE222 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. However, the fate of the passengers and crew were immediately clear for those particular tragedies. For the tragedy that brought everything from experts to a self-proclaimed 1Malaysia bomoh, there remains no closure.
“Good night Malaysian 370.” These were the last words heard from the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, bound for China from KLIA, which went missing after dropping off the radar, bringing with it 239 passengers and crew. One year in, and there remains no news on the whereabouts of the plane, or the fate of those aboard it.
But if there is one thing that has Tiger riled up about this, it is the point that Malaysia did not hold a commemorative day for this tragic event. Why is this so? Did those who are now lost and wandering, unfound, lose their status as anak Malaysia the moment the plane disappeared? Is Malaysia going to really allow itself to forget some of its people like that?
At the very least, search and rescue operations are continuing, with Malaysia cooperating with Australia to search the ocean for the plane. Unfortunately, Tiger cannot take to the sky, or dive very deep. Otherwise, Tiger would definitely join in the search.
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This article was written by Xavier Kong.
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