Ten Incoming and Outgoing MAS Flights Cancelled

USPA NEWS - SEPANG, July 18 - Five Malaysia Airlines flights scheduled to depart from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) have been cancelled. Five scheduled outgoing points have been cancelled according to the latest information on the Arrival/Departure board at KLIA.

The incoming flights from Beijing, Langkawi, Dubai, Kuching and Guangzhou while outgoing flights are bound for Krabi, Kuala Namu, Kota Kinabalu, Taipei and Langkawi. This is in light of the MH17 incident from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur which crashed 50 kilometres from the Ukrainian-Russian border. According to a statement issued by MAS, it has confirmed that Ukrainian ATC has informed them that they had lost contact with the aircraft at 14.15pm (GMT) or 10.15 pm Malaysian time. MH17 departed Amsterdam Schipol International Airport at 12.15 pm, Thursday (local time) and was expected to arrive at KLIA early Friday morning at 6.10am (Malaysian time). At present, there are no signs of any family members of the 295 passengers and crew members

Malaysia Airlines will hold the Press Conference at 4am GMT+8 in the morning in KLIA. Wisma Putra is working closely with the Russian and Ukraine governments on the news report MAS flight MH17 crashed. Boeing stands ready to provide whatever assistance is requested by authorities in regards to MH17 which reported crashed. A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country and plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village in eastern Ukraine. The Donetsk region government said a plane crashed Thursday near a village called Grabovo, which it said is currently under the control of armed pro-Russian separatists. The region where the flight was lost has seen severe fighting