KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 – Twenty hearses bearing the remains of the MH17 tragedy were driven past Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah soon after the one minute of silence at 10.54am to honour Malaysian victims of the tragedy.
The hearses would go on different ways, with 13 heading to the cemeteries decided on by the families.The Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft would fly the remains of two victims to the Kuching International Airport, Sarawak and the remains of three others to the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport in Ipoh, while the EC724 helicopters would fly the remains of two more victims to Pagoh and Segamat in Johor.
The special Malaysia Airlines aircraft bearing the remains of the MH17 tragedy touched down at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang at 9.54am today after a 12-hour journey from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
Forty-three Malaysians perished in the downing of MH17 over Ukraine on July 17.
– BERNAMA
