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Passengers[edit]

Anyone has a list of passengers who perished? If any one has it, is it appropriate to publish it? One of my secondary school classamates sitting in front of me in class was on that flight. His given name has the initial of W.M.; not sure if family name has the initial of L.

I can still remember his often mischievious face. We were age 12 or 13 at that time. And before I read this article I had always thought the plane crashed due to storm. I had no idea it was due to hijacking.

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[I wrote the paragraph above. Sorry if I have added this comment using a wrong protocol, as I do not know how to properly respond/extend to my earlier comment.]

I just want to express appreciation for the large photos of the memorials in the article. It confirms my classmate's name is in the memorial. I feel this is an appropriate and dignified way to extend the physical memorial into an electronic space (wikipedia) accessible worldwide.

- K Cheah

This source lists more information about passengers and crew, including photographs of the crew:

"Revisited after 36 years: Malaysia Airlines MH653". Retrieved 2023-07-01.

25 year old nephew of Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Hussein bin Dato' Onn

Flight Steward Onn Jaafar was 25 years of age. Having joined MAS on 1st April 1974, he was promoted to B737 fleet on 27th August 1974. He holds a Diploma in Business Studies from Institut Teknologi MARA. He was also the nephew of then Prime Minister of the day, Datuk (then Tun) Hussein Onn.

Two World Bank officials: Source with pictures of both Mr. Naime and Mr. Hoerr.

* P. N. Schwartz, ed. (January–February 1977). "Ahmad S. Naime; Oscar Don Hoerr" (PDF). Bank Notes;News about the men and women of the World Bank. Washington, D.C.: World Bank; Department of Information and Public Affairs: 3. To many of us who are here from Afghanistan, Sia Naimie was a lot more than an efficient and dedicated staff member of the World Bank. He was our good friend, and his warmth and cheerfulness made us gather around him. His sense of humor made many of our days happy and pleasant. [...] Someone has said that the fullness of a life is to be measured by the impact it has upon the lives of others. By that criterion, the life of Oscar Don Hoerr was complete. In his 41 years, Don acquired many friends and admirers and on all he had a great influence. He was an exacting professional who produced high quality work. Yet behind his keen intellect and sometimes serious demeanor lay a genuine warm personality, a love for life, a delightful wry sense of humor, and an unbounded curiosity.

* Works by Oscar Don Hoerr "au="Hoerr, O. D." - Search Results". worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-07-01.

At the end of the source "Revisited after 36 years: Malaysia Airlines MH653". Retrieved 2023-07-01., in the "Appendix"

List of persons onboard MH653

From The Straits Times, 6 December 1977 (dead link http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19771206-1.1.11.aspx )

Members of the crew: Captain G.K. Ganjoor, 1st officer Kamarulzaman Jalil, leading steward Sim Siang Yong, flight stewards Onn bin Jaafar, Karim bin Tahir, flight stewardesses Sharifah Sidah binti Syed Mohamed and Azian binti Borhanuddin.

Penang to Singapore: M. Cole, Quah Chai Lean, Tan Tjing Suei, Tan Poh Ai, Tan Poh Bie and Tan Poh Tin.

Penang to Kuala Lumpur: Tomio Goto, K.K. Wong, M.W. Chu, P.K. Ang, Mr and Mrs S.M. Pestana, Kuek Eng Suah, P.K. Teoh, Ang Thean Seng, Mohd Shah bin Cheman, C.P. Hoi, Abu Bakar Aziz, Pauline Yap, Kavathas.

R. Govindaraju, Loh Hun Swee, Lee Wooi Ming, C.F. Neo, C.W Leong, C.S. Lam, S.W. Ho, Mohd Shah, T.C. Choong, L.K. Khor, Y.H Yam, Nasir Mahmood, Yeoh Wee Hin, Ng Eng Tiam, Loo Ah Huah, Nancy Chin, Luqman Ariff.

Jamaluddin Marif, Hood Fadzil, W.W. Lee, Abdul Fattar Latif, T.R Matthews, Abo Merican, Liew Nyat Yee, Boev Hong See, Choo Kok Chung, Lim Siew Hark, Keow Wa Kim, Go Soon Teik, Ong Peng Chuan, Mr and Mrs T.C. Khoo.

I.S. Puvan, Phrasir Sajayathers, Ow Eng Cheng, Chod Hai Sang, Ho Ngan Sing, Chin Kwee Siong, O.D. Hoerr, Ghadas Mohd Arif, Ismail Yahaya, Koay Kee Hock , Latifah Abdul Majid, Ng Yoot Cheng, A.R. Organ, A.S. Naime, M. Vanaja, Harold Godfrey, C.M. Shah and I.S. Chadha.

Khalid Mohd Ali, Ahmad Mahfudz Khalid, T.M. Stringer, Mr and Mrs Mario Garcia Inchanstegui, Ooi Chooi Cheng, A. Abbas, R. Malcolm.

Tye Leng Tay, Mary Tye Thean Tee, Tye Keh Teh, K.R. Wollner, Heide Wollner, Sherrington, K. Devi, T. Parr, Huang Yi Chin, Hong Thik Kooi, Mr & Mrs L.H. Chuah.

Lent (talk) 06:50, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Religions have borders?[edit]

From the article:

Remains were buried in a common grave at the border of the various common religions in Malaysia

What does that mean? Religions have borders? - Eric (talk) 19:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Number of Fatalities does not match[edit]

There is a difference in the number of fatalities between the first paragrapg and the summary on the right side of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe St.Mars (talk • contribs) 17:13, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]