MALAYSIA: Father of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 passenger waits for confirmation after reports of possible debris

Record ID: 335569

  • Title: MALAYSIA: Father of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 passenger waits for confirmation after reports of possible debris
  • Date: 20th March 2014
  • Summary: PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA (MARCH 20, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING NEWS BROADCAST ON TELEVISION ABOUT MISSING FLIGHT MH370 VARIOUS OF FATHER OF MISSING MH370 PASSENGER, FLIGHT ENGINEER MOHD KHAIRUL AMRI, SELAMAT OMAR, EATING MEAL WITH FAMILY SELAMAT TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) FATHER OF MISSING MH370 PASSENGER AND FLIGHT ENGINEER MOHD KHAIRUL AM
  • Embargoed: 4th April 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Malaysia
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: Crime,Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVAC6NOK05CB3XZG9OSLKPSB6KLR
  • Story Text: TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~**NONE**
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    The father of a missing flight MH370 passenger waits for confirmation on possible plane debris sighting, as Australia sends planes to investigate.
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    PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA (MARCH 20, 2014) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
    1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING NEWS BROADCAST ON TELEVISION ABOUT MISSING FLIGHT MH370
    2. VARIOUS OF FATHER OF MISSING MH370 PASSENGER, FLIGHT ENGINEER MOHD KHAIRUL AMRI, SELAMAT OMAR, EATING MEAL WITH FAMILY
    3. SELAMAT TALKING TO MEDIA
    4. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) FATHER OF MISSING MH370 PASSENGER AND FLIGHT ENGINEER MOHD KHAIRUL AMRI, SELAMAT OMAR, SAYING:
    "All the information we've been getting is fine, but now we really need the proof whether it is the plane or not. Even Malaysian Airlines can't tell us. We need confirmation from the Australian government."
    5. MEDIA FILMING SELAMAT
    6. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) FATHER OF MISSING MH370 PASSENGER AND FLIGHT ENGINEER MOHD KHAIRUL AMRI, SELAMAT OMAR, SAYING:
    "As a father, I still have to believe all the MH370 passengers are alive and well. I hope they're in good health."
    7. SELAMAT EATING MEAL WITH FAMILY
    STORY:The father of a passenger on board missing flight MH370 waited anxiously to hear news of his son on Thursday (March 20), after Australia said it was investigating two objects spotted floating in the southern Indian Ocean.
    Selamat Omar is the father of Mohd Kahirul Amri, a flight engineer who went missing with 238 other people when the Malaysian jetliner disappeared from air traffic control screens early on March 8.
    Australian officials said the objects were spotted by satellite in one of the remotest parts of the globe, around 2,500 km (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth in the vast oceans between Australia, southern Africa and Antarctica
    The larger of the objects measured up to 24 metres (79 ft), long and appeared to be floating on water several thousand metres deep, they said.
    "All the information we've been getting is fine, but now we really need the proof whether it is the plane or not. Even Malaysian Airlines can't tell us. We need confirmation from the Australian government," Omar said.
    He said he still hopes to find his son alive.
    "As a father, I still have to believe all the MH370 passengers are alive and well. I hope they're in good health," Omar added.
    No confirmed wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been found since it vanished off Malaysia's east coast, less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing.
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