Malaysia Airlines has lashed out at media who have published what the airline describes as “irresponsible articles and amateurish reporting”, calling on the public to not to be fooled by such blatant lies.
Web portal worldnewsdaily.com recently published an article “Malaysia Airlines Flight Forced Into Emergency Landing After Flying Over Icelandic”, reporting that “flight MH131 from Paris to New York was forced to land in Iceland when its pilots flew the B777 aircraft almost directly over the active Bardarbunga volcano”.
The airline, which has been struggling since the recent twin tragedies of MH370 and MH17, pointed out that they operate the Kuala Lumpur/Paris/Kuala Lumpur sector utilizing its A380 aircraft. The airline does not fly onwards to New York, or any other American destinations.
Malaysia Airlines released a statement saying “given recent tragedies, and despite the suffering of all, we believe that such stories only serve one purpose, that is to fuel conjecture, misunderstanding and instil fear amongst the travelling public. Whatever the motive behind the story, it does not represent the ethos of ethical and factual journalism.”
This adds to the news surrounding the publishing of a book claiming to offer the 'scoop' on MH370 by experts, journalist Geoff Taylor and former chief executive office of Kiwi Travel International Airlines, Ewan Wilson.
Malaysia Airlines said they are “appalled by their claims that the pilot of MH370 intentionally turned off the oxygen supply in the cabin and activated the auto-pilot feature, which led to the disappearance of MH370.”
“The authors and publishers should quite simply be ashamed of themselves for what is nothing more than a cheap and maligned publicity stunt, seeking to simply cash in on the suffering of the families and undermining the dignity of all of those onboard,” the airline added.
