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“WE WILL NOT ACCEPT FINDINGS” - the Sun
JURNAL NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
GROUP MEMBERS:Liew Yi YangMohd Aswadi IsmailNorhashimah Binti Mohd IsmailNur Azila Binti RuslinNur Asyillah Aisyah
the Sun newspaper6 March 2015
Friday
INTRODUCTION disappeared on 8 March
2014 flying from Kuala Lumpur
International Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing
carrying 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 15 nations
INTRODUCTION
All 12 crew members were Malaysian citizens. Two pilots were among the crew
pilot in command was 53-year-old Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah from Penang
Malaysia Airlines issued a media statement at 07:24, one hour after the scheduled arrival time of the flight at Beijing, stating that contact with the flight had been lost by Malaysian ATC at 02:40 and that the government had initiated search and rescue operations
THE AIRCRAFT The Boeing 777, introduced in
1994, is generally regarded by aviation experts as having a safety record that is one of the best of any commercial aircraft
Since its first commercial flight in June 1995, there have been only four other serious accidents involving hull-loss
SEARCH
The initial search area in Southeast Asia
INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION Malaysia set up a Joint Investigation Team
(JIT), composed of specialists from Malaysia, Australia, China, the UK, the US, and France
aircraft and satellite experts: Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK), Boeing (US), Defence Science and Technology Organisation
(Australia), Department of Civil Aviation (Malaysia), Inmarsat (UK), National Transportation Safety Board (US)
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
A month after the disappearance, Malaysia Airlines' chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya acknowledged that ticket sales had declined
In China, where the majority of passengers were from, bookings on Malaysia Airlines were down 60 percent in March
Malaysia Airlines retired the Flight 370 (MH370) flight number and replaced it with Flight 318 (MH318) beginning 14 March
The flight Malaysia Airline's second daily flight to Beijing was later suspended beginning 2 May, due to lack of demand
COMPENSATION
Malaysia Airlines would still be vulnerable to civil lawsuits from passengers' families
regardless of fault, to a payment of approximately US$175,000 from the airline's insurance company—a total of nearly US$40 million for the 227 passengers on board
The first lawsuit related to the disappearance was filed in October 2014–before Flight 370 was declared an accident–on behalf of two Malaysian boys whose father was a passenger for negligence in failing to contact the aircraft soon after it was lost and for breach of contract for failing to bring the passenger to his destination
Malaysian Airlines offered ex gratia condolence payments soon after the disappearance
In China, families of passengers were offered ¥31,000 (about US$5,000) "comfort money but some families rejected the offer
Malaysia's deputy Foreign Minister Hamzah Zainuddin said that families of seven passengers received $50,000 advance compensation from Malaysia Airlines
but that full payout would come after the aircraft is found or officially declared lost
BOYCOTTS
Some Chinese have boycotted all things Malaysian, including vacations and singers, in protest of Malaysia's handling of the Flight 370 investigation
Bookings on Malaysia Airlines from China, where the majority of passengers were from, were down 60 percent in March
The boycotts have largely been led or supported by celebrities
Film star Chen Kun posted a message to Weibo where he has 70 million followers
The post was shared over 70,000 times and drew over 30,000 comments
“I...will start a boycott from my inner heart on any commercials and travel relating to Malaysia. This will last...until the Malaysian government takes down their clown-like mask and tells the truth”
Over 337,000 people retweeted a tweet from TV host Meng Fei , which said "I’ve never been to Malaysia and I do not plan to go there in the future. If you feel the same, please retweet this message
Coincidentally, China and Malaysia had dubbed 2014 to be the "Malaysia–China Friendship Year" to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries