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MALAY MAIL Tuesday December 9, 2014
REWIND2014
A family member of Tambi can't control her tears at the Bunga
Raya Complex on Sept 9.
A pro-Russian separatist soldier looks on as a crane retrieves parts of
the wreckage from the Boeing 777 aircraft near the village of Hrabove
(Grabovo) in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on Nov 16.
ON July 17, Malaysia Airlines
Flight MH17 travelling from
Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
crashes in eastern Ukraine, close
to the Russian border, with 298
people on board.
The two sides in the Ukrainian
conflict accuse each other of
shooting the plane down. The
incident and its aftermath
sparks international outrage and
condemnation.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Najib Razak holds discussions
with self-proclaimed prime
minister of the Donetsk People’s
Republic Alexander Borodai
and requests Borodai to hand
over the remains of 282 people
to representatives from the
Netherlands, the two black
boxes to a Malaysian team in
Donetsk and ensure safe access
for international investigators to
the crash site.
Malaysia sends three aviation
experts to the site after
receiving the green light to
do so. Trains loaded with the
bodies of passengers depart the
Torez station in eastern Ukraine.
On July 23, two planes
carrying the first batch of
bodies from Flight MH17 arrive
at Eindhoven Airport, the
Netherlands. On July 24, the
remains are taken to Hilversum,
about 100km from Eindhoven,
for the full identification process
which 39 Malaysian disaster
victim identification (DVI)
personnel help carry out.
MAS pilots turn pall bearers at the burial of MH17 pilot Captain Wan Amran
at the Shah Alam Muslim cemetery on Sept 2.
JULY 2 JULY 8 JULY 9JULY 5
Israel Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu blames
Hamas for the murder of
three Israeli teenagers
hitchhiking in the West Bank.
He cites Hamas’ support for
the killings.
Biduanita Negara (National
Songstress), veteran singer
and entertainer Sharifah
Aini dies from lung fibrosis at
the age of 61 at Damansara
Specialist Hospital,
Selangor. She is laid to rest
at the Bukit Kiara Muslim
cemetery in Kuala Lumpur.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Najib Razak announces the
restructuring of the Eastern
Sabah Security Command
(ESSCOM) with the setting
up of two major components
— security and defence
management, as well as
enforcement and public
action.
RocketattacksonIsrael
beginfollowingtheabduction
andkillingofthreeJewish
seminarystudentsinthe
occupiedWestBank. Theday
before,Israelhadresponded
totherocketswith“Operation
ProtectiveEdge”.
The federal government
provides a special grave site in
Taman Selatan at Precinct 20,
Putrajaya for Muslim victims.
Victims’ families are given a
choice of burying the bodies in
Putrajaya or their respective
hometowns.
On Aug 14, Deputy Prime
Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin
Yassin declares Aug 22 a
national day of mourning to
mark the arrival of the remains
of 15 victims in Malaysia on a
special flight.
On Aug 20, the government
confirms there will be 20 bodies
from MH17 returning on Aug
22.
On Aug 21, the government
releases 20 names of Malaysians
who perished onboard MH17.
On Aug 22, the special
Malaysia Airlines Flight
MH6129 bearing the remains
of 20 Malaysian victims of
the tragedy arrives at the
Bunga Raya Complex of KL
International Airport (KLIA).
All 20 remains are loaded
into a convoy of hearses,
while a minute’s silence is
held nationwide, including
in vehicles and public
transportation.
The remains of Muslim
victims are laid to rest in
their respective hometowns in
Taiping, Ipoh and Teluk Intan
in Perak; Putrajaya and Kuala
Lumpur in the Klang Valley;
Seremban in Negri Sembilan;
Muar and Segamat in Johor and
Kuching in Sarawak.
On Aug 23, the ashes of the
cremated body of Karamjit
Singh Karnail Singh, who was
on board MH17, are scattered
into the sea off Port Klang.
On Aug 24, the second batch
of victims arrive on special
MAS Flight MH19 bearing the
remains of chief steward Mohd
Ghafar Abu Bakar and Universiti
Malaysia Sabah (UMS) lecturer
Ng Shi Ing. A minute of silence
is held nationwide.
On Aug 29, Malaysia Airlines
announces it will slash 6,000
jobs, trim its route network and
replace its CEO under plans
to stave off bankruptcy after
the two air tragedies this year
which have plunged the already
troubled carrier deeper into
crisis.
Compiled by Faizal Nor Izham
MH17 shot down