Day: Mar 8, 2014
Malaysia Airlines 5th Media Statement on MH370 Flight Incident – March 8, 7:20 PM MYT +0800
Sepang, 8 March 2014: The families of all passengers on board MH370 are being informed. The flight was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew – comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants) and 12 crew members.
An international search and rescue mission was mobilized this morning. At this stage, our search and rescue teams from Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam have failed to find evidence of any wreckage.
The sea mission will continue while the air mission will recommence at daylight.
For the passenger manifest of MH370, click here.
The passengers are of 14 different nationalities. All crew on-board are Malaysians.
The below table shows the latest number of passengers and their nationalities:-
| Nationality | Total |
| China/Taiwan | 153 including infant/1 |
| Malaysia | 38 |
| India | 5 |
| Indonesia | 7 |
| Australia | 6 |
| France | 4 |
| USA | 3 including infant |
| New Zealand | 2 |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Russian | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Austrian | 1 |
Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members.
The public may contact +603 7884 1234.
For media queries, kindly contact +603 8777 5698/ +603 8787 1276.
MAS 4th Media Statement on MH370 Flight Incident – March 8, 04:20 PM MYT +0800
Below is the official statement from Malaysia Airlines regarding flight MH370.
Sepang, 8 March 2014: Malaysia Airlines is still unable to establish any contact or determine the whereabouts of flight MH370. Earlier today, Subang ATC had lost contact with the aircraft at 2.40am. The last known position of MH370 before it disappeared off the radar was 065515 North (longitude) and 1033443 East (latitude).
We are still trying to locate the current location of the flight based on the last known position of the aircraft. We are working with the International search and rescue teams in trying to locate the aircraft. So far, we have not received any emergency signals or distress messages from MH370. We are working with authorities and assure that all sources are deployed to assist with the search and rescue mission.
The passenger manifest will not be released until all families of the passengers have been informed. The flight was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew – comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants) and 12 crew members.
We are deploying our “Go Team” to Beijing which will depart Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 4.30pm with a team of caregivers and volunteers to assist the family members of the passengers.
The passengers are of 14 different nationalities. All crew on-board are Malaysians.
Please take note that the earlier statement did not include the number of Indian nationals. This was due to confusion between the country code of Indonesia and India.
The below table shows the latest number of passengers and their nationalities:-
| Nationality | Total |
| China/Taiwan | 154 including infant |
| Malaysia | 38 |
| India | 5 |
| Indonesia | 7 |
| Australia | 6 |
| France | 4 |
| USA | 3 including infant |
| New Zealand | 2 |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Russian | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Austrian | 1 |
Our focus now is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilize our full support.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members.
The public may contact +603 7884 1234.
For media queries, kindly contact +603 8777 5698/ +603 8787 1276.
The airline will provide regular updates on the situation. There are many unvalidated reports out in the media and Malaysia Airlines strongly urges the media and the public at large to only report from official statements from Malaysia Airlines and the Government of Malaysia.
Pesawat MH370: Senarai Anak Kapal Dan Penumpang
Berikut ialah senarai penuh anak kapal dan sebahagian daripada penumpang pesawat Malaysia Airlines penerbangan MH370. Selebihnya ialah panumpang warga China kerana ini ialah penerbangan ‘codeshare’ bersama China Southern Airlines.
>>>Klik di sini untuk Senarai Rasmi Anak Kapal dan Penumpang MH370<<<
Anak kapal
1. Fariq Ab. Hamid
2. Zaharie Ahmad Shah
3. Foong Wai Yueng
4. Goh Sock Lay
5. Gomes Patrick Francis
6. Mohd. Hazrin Mohamed Hasnan
7. Junaidi Mohd. Kassim
8. Andrew Nari
9. Ng Yar Chien
10. Tan Ser Kuin
11. Tan Size Hiang
12. Wan Syaid Wan Ismail
Penumpang Malaysian Airlines
1. Anne Catherine Daisy (MYS)
2. Bai Xiaow (CAN)
3. Beherey Usage Waitrelos Laurence Arlet (FRA)
4. Biby Nazli Mohd. Hassim (MYS)
5. Brooskii Nikolath (RUS)
6. Burrows Mary (AUS)
7. Burrows Rooney (AUS)
8. Chan Huan Peen (MYS)
9. Chen Weihoing (MYS)
10. Chew Kar Mooi (MYS)
11. Chng Mei Ling (MYS)
12. Chuang Hsiu Ling (TWN)
13. Chustrak Oleg (UKR)
14. Deineka Sergii (UKR)
15. Dina Mohamed Yunus Ramli (MYS)
16. Gu Naijun (AUS)
17. Guan Hua Jin (MYS)
18. Huang Tianjui (CHN)
19. Hue Pui Heng (MYS)
20. Jee Jing Hang (MYS)
21. Jiang Cuiyun (CHN)
22. Koh Tiong Meng (MYS)
23. Kolekar Chetana Vinod (IND)
24. Kolekar Swanand Vinod (IND)
25. Kolekar Vinod Suresh (IND)
26. Kozel Christian (AUT)
27. Lawton Catherine (AUS)
28. Lawton Robert (AUS)
29. Lee Kah Kin (MYS)
30. Lee Sew Chu (MYS)
31. Li Hongjing (CHN)
32. Li Yuan (AUS)
33. Lim Por Chua (MYS)
34. Lui Ching (CHN)
35. Maraldi Luigi (ITA)
36. Maria Mohamed Yunus Ramli (MYS)
37. Meng Leoinf (USA)
38. Meng Nicole (USA)
39. Mohamad Sofian Ibrahim (MYS)
40. Mohd. Khairul Amril Selamat (MYS)
41. Muhammad Drazahan Zamani (MYS)
42. Mukherjee Muktesh (CAN)
43. Muzi Yusop (MYS)
44. Ng May Li (MYS)
45. Noorida Mohd. Hashim (MYS)
46. Nor Fadzillah Mat Rahim (MYS)
47. Norliakmar Hamid (MYS)
48. Puspanathan Subramaniam (MYS)
49. Ramlan Safuan (MYS)
50. Sharma Chandrika (IND)
51. Shirsath Kranti Pralhad (IND)
52. Sim Keng Wei (MYS)
53. Siregar Firman Chandra (IND)
54. Song Feifei (CHN)
55. Swadaya Ferry Indra (IND)
56. Sugianto Lomr (IND)
57. Suhaili Mustafa (MYS)
58. Surti Dahlia (NLD)
59. Swadaya Ferry Indra (IND)
60. Tan Ah Meng (MYS)
61. Tan Chong Ling (MYS)
62. Tan Sioh Peng (MYS)
63. Tan Steik Hin (MYS)
64. Tan Sei Chew (MYS)
65. Tan Xudong (CHN)
66. Tanurisam Indrasuria (IND)
67. Tee Ling Keong (MYS)
68. Teoh Kim Lun (MYS)
69. Tong Soon Lee (MYS)
70. Vinny Chynthyatiomrs (IDN)
71. Wan Hock Khoon (MYS)
72. Wang Willysurijanto (IDN)
73. Wang Ximin (NZL)
74. Wattrelos Ambre, Caroline, Laurence (FRA)
75. Wattrelos Hadrien, Marc, Pascal (FRA)
76. Weeks Paul (NZL)
77. Wong Sai Sang (MYS)
78. Wood Philipi Talmadge (USA)
79. Yang Jiabao (CHN)
80. Yap Cheemeng (MYS)
81. Zhang Liqin (CHN)
82. Zhao Qi Wei (CHN)
83. Zhao Yan Anne (FRA)
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Flight MH370: Crew And Passenger List
Below is the list of crews and some of the passengers on board of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The rest of the passengers Chinese citizens since the flight was operating as a China Southern Airlines codeshare.
Click here for the Malaysia Airlines’s official list of MH 370 passenger manifest.
Crews
1. Fariq Ab. Hamid
2. Zaharie Ahmad Shah
3. Foong Wai Yueng
4. Goh Sock Lay
5. Gomes Patrick Francis
6. Mohd. Hazrin Mohamed Hasnan
7. Junaidi Mohd. Kassim
8. Andrew Nari
9. Ng Yar Chien
10. Tan Ser Kuin
11. Tan Size Hiang
12. Wan Syaid Wan Ismail
Malaysian Airlines Passengers
1. Anne Catherine Daisy (MYS)
2. Bai Xiaow (CAN)
3. Beherey Usage Waitrelos Laurence Arlet (FRA)
4. Biby Nazli Mohd. Hassim (MYS)
5. Brooskii Nikolath (RUS)
6. Burrows Mary (AUS)
7. Burrows Rooney (AUS)
8. Chan Huan Peen (MYS)
9. Chen Weihoing (MYS)
10. Chew Kar Mooi (MYS)
11. Chng Mei Ling (MYS)
12. Chuang Hsiu Ling (TWN)
13. Chustrak Oleg (UKR)
14. Deineka Sergii (UKR)
15. Dina Mohamed Yunus Ramli (MYS)
16. Gu Naijun (AUS)
17. Guan Hua Jin (MYS)
18. Huang Tianjui (CHN)
19. Hue Pui Heng (MYS)
20. Jee Jing Hang (MYS)
21. Jiang Cuiyun (CHN)
22. Koh Tiong Meng (MYS)
23. Kolekar Chetana Vinod (IND)
24. Kolekar Swanand Vinod (IND)
25. Kolekar Vinod Suresh (IND)
26. Kozel Christian (AUT)
27. Lawton Catherine (AUS)
28. Lawton Robert (AUS)
29. Lee Kah Kin (MYS)
30. Lee Sew Chu (MYS)
31. Li Hongjing (CHN)
32. Li Yuan (AUS)
33. Lim Por Chua (MYS)
34. Lui Ching (CHN)
35. Maraldi Luigi (ITA)
36. Maria Mohamed Yunus Ramli (MYS)
37. Meng Leoinf (USA)
38. Meng Nicole (USA)
39. Mohamad Sofian Ibrahim (MYS)
40. Mohd. Khairul Amril Selamat (MYS)
41. Muhammad Drazahan Zamani (MYS)
42. Mukherjee Muktesh (CAN)
43. Muzi Yusop (MYS)
44. Ng May Li (MYS)
45. Noorida Mohd. Hashim (MYS)
46. Nor Fadzillah Mat Rahim (MYS)
47. Norliakmar Hamid (MYS)
48. Puspanathan Subramaniam (MYS)
49. Ramlan Safuan (MYS)
50. Sharma Chandrika (IND)
51. Shirsath Kranti Pralhad (IND)
52. Sim Keng Wei (MYS)
53. Siregar Firman Chandra (IND)
54. Song Feifei (CHN)
55. Swadaya Ferry Indra (IND)
56. Sugianto Lomr (IND)
57. Suhaili Mustafa (MYS)
58. Surti Dahlia (NLD)
59. Swadaya Ferry Indra (IND)
60. Tan Ah Meng (MYS)
61. Tan Chong Ling (MYS)
62. Tan Sioh Peng (MYS)
63. Tan Steik Hin (MYS)
64. Tan Sei Chew (MYS)
65. Tan Xudong (CHN)
66. Tanurisam Indrasuria (IND)
67. Tee Ling Keong (MYS)
68. Teoh Kim Lun (MYS)
69. Tong Soon Lee (MYS)
70. Vinny Chynthyatiomrs (IDN)
71. Wan Hock Khoon (MYS)
72. Wang Willysurijanto (IDN)
73. Wang Ximin (NZL)
74. Wattrelos Ambre, Caroline, Laurence (FRA)
75. Wattrelos Hadrien, Marc, Pascal (FRA)
76. Weeks Paul (NZL)
77. Wong Sai Sang (MYS)
78. Wood Philipi Talmadge (USA)
79. Yang Jiabao (CHN)
80. Yap Cheemeng (MYS)
81. Zhang Liqin (CHN)
82. Zhao Qi Wei (CHN)
83. Zhao Yan Anne (FRA)
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MAS 3rd Media Statement on MH370 Flight Incident – March 8, 10:30 AM MYT +0800
(Please click here for the MAS’s latest statement)
Malaysia Airlines MH370 made the last radar contact at 120 nautical miles from Kota Bharu.
Below is the official statement from Malaysia Airlines regarding flight MH370.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are deeply saddened this morning with the news on MH370.
Malaysia Airlines confirms that flight MH370 had lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control at 2.40am, today. There has been speculation that the aircraft has landed at Nanming. We are working to verify the authenticity of the report and others.
Flight MH370 was operated on a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. It departed Kuala Lumpur at 12.41 am earlier this morning bound for Beijing. The aircraft was scheduled to land at Beijing International Airport at 6.30am local Beijing time.
The flight was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew – comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants), 12 crew members. The passengers were of 14 different nationalities – citizens from:-
1. China – 152 plus 1 infant
2. Malaysia – 38
3. Indonesia – 12
4. Australia – 7
5. France – 3
6. United States of America – 3 pax plus 1 infant
7. New Zealand – 2
8. Ukraine – 2
9. Canada – 2
10. Russia – 1
11. Italy – 1
12. Taiwan – 1
13. Netherlands – 1
14. Austria – 1
This flight was a code share with China Southern Airlines.
We are working with authorities who have activated their Search and Rescue team to locate the aircraft.
Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crew.
The flight was piloted by Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, a Malaysian aged 53. He has a total flying hours of 18,365hours. He joined Malaysia Airlines in 1981. First officer, Fariq Ab.Hamid, a Malaysian, is aged 27. He has a total flying hours of 2,763 hours. He joined Malaysia Airlines in 2007.
Our focus now is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilize its full support. Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members.
The airline will provide regular updates on the situation. The public may contact +603 7884 1234. For media queries, kindly contact +603 8777 5698/ +603 8787 1276.
Next-of-kin may head to the Support Facility Building at KLIA’s South Support Zone. For directions, call 03 8787 1269.
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