March 9th, 2014
No sign of missing Malaysia Airlines plane more than 24 hours on but questions arise over passenger identities. Paul Chapman reports.
Video at link:
http://www.englishblog.com/2014/03/reuters-video-missing-plane-mystery-deepens.html
TRANSCRIPT
REPORTER: More than 24 hours after the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 the country's civil aviation chief said its fate was still a mystery.
DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION, AZHARUDDIN ABDUL RAHMAN: "The rescue operations continued last night, until this morning. We have to report that we have [sic] not able to locate anything or see anything. Therefore, there is nothing new to report."
REPORTER: The Boeing aircraft carrying 239 passengers and crew lost contact on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It's emerged two Europeans named in the passenger manifest had both lost their passports in Thailand, one last year, the other two years previously. The identities of two other passengers are also being investigated. But there've been no reports of sabotage or claims of an attack. Despite the mystery there appears little sign it's damaged the confidence of people travelling on other Malaysian Airlines flights. Those checking in at Kuala Lumpur airport on Sunday were philosophical:
MALAYSIAN AIRLINES PASSENGER EMBARKING ON A FLIGHT TO LONDON, SUNDRA RAO: "Well, there are lots of mishaps in the world. But life has to go on. It happened yesterday and today, I'm flying off to London. I've already booked the ticket a month ahead."
MALAYSIAN AIRLINES PASSENGER EMBARKING ON A FLIGHT TO LONDON, TREVOR: "There's no reason why not because it's a good airline. It's a one-off. We don't know what's happened yet, whether it's the aircraft or anything else could have dropped out of the sky..."
No one is pointing fingers, it appears. Not sure if the fake passports have any meaning. And it's taking a long time...
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