PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) yesterday held a private gathering in remembrance of its 12 crew, including a pilot and a co-pilot, who were on board its missing flight MH370.
The gathering, attended by 500 MAS employees and 100 family members of the missing crew, was closed to the media and public, and was held at MAS Academy in Subang near here yesterday morning.
Yesterday’s gathering was said to be led by MAS chairman Tan Sri Md Nor Yusof and group chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, and joined by members of the board of directors and staff across all divisions of the company.
Md Nor in his speech at the gathering, the text of which was given to the press, said 2014 was the saddest year in the history of MAS, with the missing of MH370 and Flight MH17 going down in eastern Ukraine on July 17 last year.
MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crew on board and is believed to have been shot down over the troubled country, but no one has claimed responsibility for the incident.
Md Nor said the MH370 tragedy was a uniquely unprecedented happening with the most unprecedented chain of repercussions and response. — Bernama