How Malaysia Airlines came back from twin tragedies - BBC News

Despite the MH370 and MH17 disasters, Malaysia's national carrier is still flying a decade on.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsMH17 plane crashImage source, Getty ImagesBy Frances Maoin SingaporeTen years ago, Malaysia Airlines was devastated by the twin disasters of MH370 and MH17.

Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared over the Indian Ocean on 8 March 2014 with 239 people on board. Despite millions of dollars spent on the largest search in aviation history the plane has still not been found.

The airline was still reeling from that tragedy when in July of the same year, MH17 was shot down by a Russian-controlled armed group above conflict-ridden Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 flight crew were killed.

There had been 160 planes flying over the war zone that day but it was MH17 that was hit.

An airline losing two passenger jets in five months was an event that remains unprecedented to this day.

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