Angry relatives pelt MAS staff with water bottles
Published: Mar 11, 2014 5:00 AM | Updated: Mar 11, 2014 7:34 AM
Vexed family members of the 138 Chinese nationals on board MH370 pelted four MAS employees with water bottles in Beijing.
Vexed family members of the 138 Chinese nationals onboard MH370 pelted four MAS employees with water bottles in Beijing.
This took place when the MAS employees could not provide any update on the missing flight, the New York Times (NYT) reported today.
"All Malaysians are liars!" one man yelled in Chinese, before adding, "Do you know what 'liars' means?"
"Tell him in English," the Chinese man shouted at one of the MAS employees who acted as an interpreter.
The other three were MAS senior managers and included Ignatius Ong Ming Choy, head of MAS subsidiary budget airline, Firefly.
NYT reported that none of the MAS officers responded to the man and it was not clear whether the interpreter had translated the accusation.
It was reported that the first water bottle was lobbed when Ong asked those present who wished to fly to Kuala Lumpur and who wished to stay behind in Beijing, NYT reported.
China has also sent a team to Kuala Lumpur in a bid to get the Malaysian authorities to expedite the search and rescue mission.
The Boeing 77-200 enroute to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, with 239 people on board, went missing early last Saturday.
In a related development, Reuters reported that China has deployed 10 satellites to help in the massive air and sea search for the missing aircraft.
The satellites will use high-resolution earth-imaging capabilities, visible light imaging and other technologies to "support and assist in the search and rescue operations for the Malaysia Airlines aircraft".
This took place when the MAS employees could not provide any update on the missing flight, the New York Times (NYT) reported today.
"All Malaysians are liars!" one man yelled in Chinese, before adding, "Do you know what 'liars' means?"
"Tell him in English," the Chinese man shouted at one of the MAS employees who acted as an interpreter.
The other three were MAS senior managers and included Ignatius Ong Ming Choy, head of MAS subsidiary budget airline, Firefly.
NYT reported that none of the MAS officers responded to the man and it was not clear whether the interpreter had translated the accusation.
It was reported that the first water bottle was lobbed when Ong asked those present who wished to fly to Kuala Lumpur and who wished to stay behind in Beijing, NYT reported.China has also sent a team to Kuala Lumpur in a bid to get the Malaysian authorities to expedite the search and rescue mission.
The Boeing 77-200 enroute to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, with 239 people on board, went missing early last Saturday.
In a related development, Reuters reported that China has deployed 10 satellites to help in the massive air and sea search for the missing aircraft.
The satellites will use high-resolution earth-imaging capabilities, visible light imaging and other technologies to "support and assist in the search and rescue operations for the Malaysia Airlines aircraft".
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