This day three years ago, I and many people around the world to hear another Malaysian Airlines plane had crashed, this one shot down over Ukraine. Now three years on we have an idea how the plane was shot down out of the skies ruining families across the world and putting Malaysian Airlines bankrupt.
Dutch royals have opened a memorial for each of the 298 victims
Three years… I couldn’t believe how fast I’ve made it in life… Yes, MH17 was one of the worst incident I’ve seen involving aircrafts. MH370 was even worse and 3 years we still can’t find it. 3 years later we gave up. May all the victims rest in peace.
I don’t claim to be an expert on it but I do recall them saying the conclusion was one of the two countries was to blame, I think Russia, but don’t quote me on that. So yeah, I think whatever the answer is is very cemented by now.
We studied this in a class I took in the fall, heavy evidence was found that Russia was behind the attack. Here’s the report from Bellingcat listing their own findings via social media and open source investigation about what took place: MH17 - The Open Source Investigation, Three Years Later - bellingcat
In any case, it was a senseless tragedy that should never have happened. May the victims be remembered. The memorial is a beautiful touch, and a heartbreaking reminder of what must never happen again.
Also 2 Korean Air flights that got shot down. It’s really unfortunate to see these flights got shot down. I do hope those 298 lives onboard the flight can rest peacefully there 🙏
Thanks to Christopher Mueller and Peter Bellew. Otherwise we won’t see MAS (MAB) aircrafts flying by today. I saw the long lines of Malaysia Airlines’ Check-In counter at Changi and it was pretty full. I’m sure they will gain profit by next year as more people interested to fly this carrier
MAB’s recovery plan was simple compared to other airlines. Besides cutting cost (Cutting staffs, flights, unecessary costs), They also rely on Aussie/Kiwi traffic to London and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and Philippines especially) to East Asia/Europe by offering super cheap prices compared to other airlines. I’m sure many carriers (Hinting at you, Garuda) should look at and set MAB’s recovery plan as an example in order to gain more profit and traffic.
This also shows that Aussie/Kiwi traffic is big enough to support Southeast Asian carriers’ growth. It’s a prospective market until SIA wanted to do SIN-CGK-SYD service
If we look from positive side, thanks to MH370 and MH17. They finally learned their mistakes and they are growing into a better carrier today. I’m sure MAS has a bright future from now
Als0o Hajj Flights, They were lucky that all of what happened Was literary only months Before Hajj, A lot of Malysian Go Hajj, Which increased the profit.