Malaysia Airlines will rename flight Amsterdam - Kuala Lumpur due to incident
Malaysia Airlines has decided to change the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after the tragedy in the East of Ukraine, said the Company on Sunday.
" in light of recent events, the flight Number Malaysia Airlines Amsterdam (AMS) - Kuala Lumpur (KUL) MH17 will be removed out of respect for the crew and passengers. These changes will come into force From July 25, 2014, " said the Firm.
The number of this flight will be called MH19 - AMS/KUL. Other changes will not follow, the Airline will continue to operate flights between the two cities.
on Thursday in the East of Ukraine Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. In the cabin of the ship was 298 persons, including 85 children and fifteen members of the crew. The survivors of a plane crash not.
The reasons of accident Malaysian ship as long as unclear. From April in the area of the crash of the Ukrainian law enforcers are conducting so-called anti-terrorist operation (ATO) against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents of Donbass. In operations, aircraft, heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers.
for, military equipment used by the Ukrainian army, inherited from the Soviet Union and its use in the process of military operations is quite increases the probability of the cast to repeat the tragedy With the Russian passenger aircraft hit Ukraine in the sky above the Black sea in 2001.
Then in the process of the exercises of Ukrainian units of air defense missile system s-200 shot down a Russian Tu-154, following the route tel Aviv-Novosibirsk. As a result lost his life 78 people - 66 passengers, most of them Israeli citizens, and 12 crew members.
Cases of accident of aircraft on the square of Ukraine in June-July 2014.
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