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MAS FLIGHT MH653

*The father of a friend was on the flight.

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CNN

Mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 surfaces pain of 1977 tragedy

Mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 surfaces pain of 1977 tragedy

http://youtu.be/f02O0blsbrQ

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Police and airline officials inspecting the remains of MH653 after it crashed in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, on Dec 4, 1977.

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In 1977, flight MH653 was hijacked en route from Penang to Kuala Lumpur. The Boeing 737-200 crashed into a mangrove swamp as it descended, killing all 100 on board.

It was the deadliest incident in Malaysian aviation history prior to MH370.

Malaysian Insider

We have been waiting 37 years for answers, families of MH653 crash recall their trauma

March 28, 2014

The disappearance of flight MH370 has triggered painful memories for families of another Malaysia Airlines tragedy who have been waiting for answers even longer – 37 years, to be exact, reported CNN today.

“Thirty-seven years down the line, we still don’t really know the truth,” Ruth Parr, who was 19 when her father, Thomas, died in the crash, told CNN.

The hijacker or hijackers of MH653 have never been identified, despite cockpit voice recordings that captured everything from the breach of the cockpit to the sound of gunshots that killed both pilots.

A report by the Malaysian Civil Aviation Department said the aircraft was hijacked as it approached Kuala Lumpur.

Apparently, there was confusion over whether it should land there and the aircraft then proceeded towards Singapore.

As it descended, the crew was shot and the aircraft “carried out some unusual pitch up and pitch down terminal manoeuvres before finally crashing into swampy ground at some 450 knots”.

The report, quoted by CNN, concluded that the crash was caused by the crew being fatally incapacitated, leaving the aircraft “professionally uncontrolled”.

However, some eyewitnesses at the time reported seeing the aircraft in flames before it hit the ground, while others reported hearing an explosion before the crash although there was no evidence to support these allegations.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/we-have-been-waiting-37-years-for-answers-families-of-mh653-crash-recall-th

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