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10 Things about MH17 Mourning Day on August 22

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Commemorate victims of the crash MH17 incident. The national mourning day in Malaysia is on August 22, 2014






1. Names of the 20 Malaysian victims MH17 released


Day before the national mourning day held, authorities released 20 names of the victim. There were 43 victims. The first batch is sent from Amsterdam today expected to arrive tomorrow morning.

From the source obtained, first batch of victims sent back from

Link : The star




2. Traffic will be put on hold for some landmark areas.



There are Sultan Abdul Samad building at Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, KLIA 2, Penang bridge, Sultain Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex, Johor Baru. Do not attempt to park cars nearby KLIA or KLIA2 as it potentially disrupting traffic flow.

Sabah and Sarawak destination are Sabah nearby Hyatt Hotel, Kota Kinabalu. As for Sarawak, Pasar satu.


3. Where and When the aircraft landing


It is a long-haul journey. Expected to be arrive 10.00AM - 11.00AM. The location is Bunga Raya Complex. Malaysian Armed Force will perform first honor ceremony for civilians. A moment of silence will be taken place for 2 minutes preventing any aircraft using the airspace.




4. Dress Code for observers


Reminder for everyone to wear black color wear refrain from wearing any colorful wears. Imagine the dress code in those western hollywood movie when they have a funeral ceremony.




5. KFC and Pizza Hut advertisements cancelled


Before the announcement of national mourning day, KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald at the earliest has uploaded cover to their Facebook page as a sign of commemorate MH17 victims. KFC and Pizza Hut owned by same management decided to halt any advertisements.



6.  Mosque nationwide to held funeral prayers


Prime Minister Department announced to held simultaneously for the purpose of receiving before laid to rest. The funeral prayer in local language " Solat Jenazah Ghaib " .




7. All Radio and Television entertainment program would be postponed 


Live broadcast is available nationwide focusing on MH17 victims ceremony. some of the channel will be replaced with the recitation of the Quran as well as religious program. The confirmed TV network to broadcast live on Bunga Raya moment of silence is RTM channels such as TV1, TV2, TV3 and TVi. Besides, you could tune to radio station of NasionalFM, TRAXXfm, Ai Fm and MINNALfm.



8. List of companies joining for mourning day

Everyone is doing their part commemorating MH17 tragedy. It is a truly sad day. A chain of unbreakable hope and strength of human being gathering for shared sorrow and mourning would bring peace to the victim and their family

Maxis, Malaysian employer federation, Scomi Bhd, Mahkota Medical Centre, Malayan Banking Sdn, Pantai Hospital Klang are few company names joining together for a moment of silence. The list is full there are more than these company taking part in their own ways.




9. King joining people on national mourning day

Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mu'adzam Shah are attending ceremony at KLIA while Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah are expected to be in Ipoh.




10 . Flag across the country will be flown half-mast


As expected, the flag will be flown half-mast nationwide.



More about "MH17" in Unitedmy 


  1. 10 Important things you should know about MH17

10 Important things You should know about MH17

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MH17 passengers and crew flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur have been confirmed facing unfortunate event



Pray for MH17 Malaysia airline



1 Prime Minister of Malaysia made press conference as early as 5 AM

Do not wait until everyone get up to make a press conference and He made press conference as early as 5 AM when mostly Muslim is awakened to do Sahoor. In that very moment, the source have been confirmed true that MH17 indeed facing unfortunate event at Ukraine border of Russia.








2. Passenger aircraft was believed to be cruising at high altitude

Many have asked why MAS is using the route amid war escalating at the Ukraine. The truth is all the airliner in the world have been using the route before the accident happened. Although there were no-fly zone being issued, it was only for certain flying altitude. MAS was flying at a very high altitude and did not violate the no-fly zone.




3. Ukraine Separatists brought down several civilian passenger aircraft record


Donetsk People's Republic is believed acquiring sophisticated anti aircraft missile weapon. They have attacked Ukrainian army base stealing their weapon in order to get stronger firepower on end of June. This news is still unclear and unverified.

US further announced would use satellite imagery to clear this matter up.


4. Aftermath of the accident being shot down highly unlikely any survivors






Field painted in black, bodies were scattering, Malaysian passports have been recovered by rescue team. No one is reporting any sign of survivors. 


5. Footage captured at the accident scenes uploaded










Rescue team have been recording this and uploaded it to one of the Ukraine News portal


6. Blaming on Russia







As the news broke out, US news agency have been consulting the relevant party on who side they are going to blame. Apparently, it would be Russia due to the advance of the rocket missile technology they had used for the downing of the passenger aircraft. To shot down a high altitude plane is simply a very difficult thing to do and it required massive operation. 



7. 280 passengers and 15 MAS staff

There were many Netherlands citizen on board the aircraft compared to Malaysian nationality.



8. Every airliner is avoiding to use that air space or route

The accident has strike fear to every Airliner and they had refused using the route to transport people to their destination.



9. MAS inbound and outbound flight all canceled



MAS official portal close down or access deny due to accident MH17



The accident has caused terrific and unimaginable impact to MAS. There were access denied to their MAS official website portal and they had cancelled unrelated flights. Everyone is struggling on this unprecedented event whether it was passengers who are about to travel, MAS management and operation team, MH17 passenger family and Transport minister as well as the Prime Minister of Malaysia.



10. Twitter Malaysia is trending on #MH17





Before the authority getting verified report, before the press conference held on 5AM, before the time ticked 00:00, Twitter Malaysia Trends first ranking was #MH17 or Ukraine. It indicated how fast and effective message is travelling at social media. The firsthand information came from Ukraine side and then of course Reuters and CNN. Both large news site had labelled it as a "Breaking News"