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A flight carrying 239 people has disappeared. (Flightaware)

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Re: A flight carrying 239 people has disappeared. (Flightaware)

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Post by jtblin »

o0-0o wrote: post #12
dshibarshin wrote: post #7

Statement from the airline: http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/dark-site.html The airline lost contact at 2.40am and they only issued their first statement at 7:24am.

KL is a scary place, and their Airline is even scarier. Actually, scary is not really a word I use too much. Creepy is more like it. The airline, at 8AM in the morning, serves you breakfast in 1st class, and they make it a point to remind you several times that smuggling children is not allowed in Malaysia. Basically, instead of, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are approaching ..." - they say, "Ladies and gentlemen, just a…

Seriously? I've been to KL several times, their airport is ultra modern, one of the best in the world, nothing scary about this place. Isn't the US immigration form asking if you have ever kidnapped a US child or commit genocide? http://www.immihelp.com/visas/i-94w.html

Re: A flight carrying 239 people has disappeared. (Flightaware)

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Post by saryant »

o0-0o wrote: post #12
dshibarshin wrote: post #7

Statement from the airline: http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/dark-site.html The airline lost contact at 2.40am and they only issued their first statement at 7:24am.

KL is a scary place, and their Airline is even scarier. Actually, scary is not really a word I use too much. Creepy is more like it. The airline, at 8AM in the morning, serves you breakfast in 1st class, and they make it a point to remind you several times that smuggling children is not allowed in Malaysia. Basically, instead of, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are approaching ..." - they say, "Ladies and gentlemen, just a…

What? KL is not scary.

Re: A flight carrying 239 people has disappeared. (Flightaware)

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Post by jeswin »

o0-0o wrote: post #12
dshibarshin wrote: post #7

Statement from the airline: http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/dark-site.html The airline lost contact at 2.40am and they only issued their first statement at 7:24am.

KL is a scary place, and their Airline is even scarier. Actually, scary is not really a word I use too much. Creepy is more like it. The airline, at 8AM in the morning, serves you breakfast in 1st class, and they make it a point to remind you several times that smuggling children is not allowed in Malaysia. Basically, instead of, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are approaching ..." - they say, "Ladies and gentlemen, just a…

If Malaysia has a problem with children being smuggled (in or out) and the airline is being open about it, that's quite commendable. Asia is a land of great disparity in living conditions, and will need to rules adjusted to the situation. So while I wouldn't call it creepy/scary, I can understand the context in which you might have used it.

Re: A flight carrying 239 people has disappeared. (Flightaware)

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Post by ideal0227 »

[deleted] wrote: post #22
bruceb wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This doesn't make sense. The plane crashed for sure. Sad.

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Your comment is not accurate. And your GF cannot confirm this either. There is a news said the airplane landed at Nanming(in Vietnam) rather than Nanning(in China).
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