(First published on: July 19, 2014 23:47 MYT)
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is appealing to the family members or friends of those on board MH17 to contact the airline.
In the past 45 hours, the airline together with various foreign embassies have made every effort to establish contact with the next-of-kin but is still unable to identify many more family members.
They are advised to contact Malaysia Airlines’ Family Support Centre at +603 7884 1234 (in Malaysia).
Alternatively, the family or friends may call the numbers below in their respective countries:
Netherlands (MAS Amsterdam office) +31 20 521 6252
Australia (MAS Sydney office) +61 2 9364 3526
Indonesia (MAS Jakarta office) +62 2 1522 9705
New Zealand (MAS Auckland office) +64 9 306 3930
United Kingdom (MAS London office) +44 20 7341 2060
Germany (MAS Frankfurt office) +49 69 1387 1980
Philippines (MAS Manila office) + 63 2 889 1863
As of July 19 at 5pm, the table below shows the latest number of passengers and their nationalities:
Meanwhile, MAS deployed a ferry flight last night mobilizing 212 personnel from various government and media bodies and its staff to Kiev and Amsterdam in a special mission for MH17. A total of 85 MAS’ ‘Go Team’ members have been deployed, of which five members will join Malaysia’s Special Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) in the search-and-recovery mission at the crash site in the Donetsk region, while 80 other members comprising care givers and the management team will be stationed in Amsterdam to assist the family members of the passengers.
MH5002 departed Kuala Lumpur at 9.30pm on July 18, 2014 and arrived in Kiev at 2.58am (local time) on July 19, 2014 with a two hour transit. The aircraft then continued its journey to Amsterdam at 4.50am (local time) on July 20, 2014 and arrived in Schipol Amsterdam Airport at 5.30am the same day.
The mission is also joined by Malaysia’s Transport Ministry, the National Security Council, Special Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart), Malaysia’s Department of Information, the Royal Malaysian Police, Malaysian Special Air Service, the Royal Malaysian Air Force, Malaysian Armed Forces, Department of Civil Aviation, Chemistry Department, Department of Islamic Advancement of Malaysia and the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team as well as participating media.
Finally, MAS requests the cooperation of members of the media to respect the privacy of the grieving families. The airline’s top priority remains to provide care and assistance to the families of the passengers and crew and any information with regards to their movement will not be made public.
In the past 45 hours, the airline together with various foreign embassies have made every effort to establish contact with the next-of-kin but is still unable to identify many more family members.
They are advised to contact Malaysia Airlines’ Family Support Centre at +603 7884 1234 (in Malaysia).
Alternatively, the family or friends may call the numbers below in their respective countries:
Netherlands (MAS Amsterdam office) +31 20 521 6252
Australia (MAS Sydney office) +61 2 9364 3526
Indonesia (MAS Jakarta office) +62 2 1522 9705
New Zealand (MAS Auckland office) +64 9 306 3930
United Kingdom (MAS London office) +44 20 7341 2060
Germany (MAS Frankfurt office) +49 69 1387 1980
Philippines (MAS Manila office) + 63 2 889 1863
As of July 19 at 5pm, the table below shows the latest number of passengers and their nationalities:
Meanwhile, MAS deployed a ferry flight last night mobilizing 212 personnel from various government and media bodies and its staff to Kiev and Amsterdam in a special mission for MH17. A total of 85 MAS’ ‘Go Team’ members have been deployed, of which five members will join Malaysia’s Special Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) in the search-and-recovery mission at the crash site in the Donetsk region, while 80 other members comprising care givers and the management team will be stationed in Amsterdam to assist the family members of the passengers.
MH5002 departed Kuala Lumpur at 9.30pm on July 18, 2014 and arrived in Kiev at 2.58am (local time) on July 19, 2014 with a two hour transit. The aircraft then continued its journey to Amsterdam at 4.50am (local time) on July 20, 2014 and arrived in Schipol Amsterdam Airport at 5.30am the same day.
The mission is also joined by Malaysia’s Transport Ministry, the National Security Council, Special Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart), Malaysia’s Department of Information, the Royal Malaysian Police, Malaysian Special Air Service, the Royal Malaysian Air Force, Malaysian Armed Forces, Department of Civil Aviation, Chemistry Department, Department of Islamic Advancement of Malaysia and the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team as well as participating media.
Finally, MAS requests the cooperation of members of the media to respect the privacy of the grieving families. The airline’s top priority remains to provide care and assistance to the families of the passengers and crew and any information with regards to their movement will not be made public.
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