I had been to KLIA a number of times to receive Cheng coming back from Amsterdam. So MH17 is a familiar flight number to me. I was reluctant to write about this tragic flight because it was too close for comfort, until I noticed my post on Dec 29, 2012 about MH17's early time of arrival (by over an hour) had been visited, presumably by some searching for news on the flight by its number MH17.
Once, I forgot about a change in date of flight by one day and I took the details of the outdated flight details with me to KLIA. Imagine my anxiety waiting for over an hour without any sign of Cheng! Even after checking with airport info, it wasn't apparent of the wrong date and was told it had landed. My imagination ran wild, even thinking that she was abducted just outside the airport lounge! Anyway, it was a great relief that I found out about my mistake.
Now, I make it a point to call KLIA to find out if the expected flight was on schedule. Once, I saved a journey to the airport because Cheng got her friends' date of arrival mistaken.
When MH370 was found to be missing, for many hours, it was shown at Beijing airport as 'Delayed'. Now it had been months since, but we have yet to recover any evidence of where it had crashed.
My heartfelt condolences to the families of those affected by MH370 and now MH17.
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Once, I forgot about a change in date of flight by one day and I took the details of the outdated flight details with me to KLIA. Imagine my anxiety waiting for over an hour without any sign of Cheng! Even after checking with airport info, it wasn't apparent of the wrong date and was told it had landed. My imagination ran wild, even thinking that she was abducted just outside the airport lounge! Anyway, it was a great relief that I found out about my mistake.
Now, I make it a point to call KLIA to find out if the expected flight was on schedule. Once, I saved a journey to the airport because Cheng got her friends' date of arrival mistaken.
When MH370 was found to be missing, for many hours, it was shown at Beijing airport as 'Delayed'. Now it had been months since, but we have yet to recover any evidence of where it had crashed.
My heartfelt condolences to the families of those affected by MH370 and now MH17.
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