This has been the worst year for aircraft fatalities since 2010 and we're still not done the year yet. So it's not really that abnormal. Probably one of the worst weeks in recent history for aviation disasters though... Source

omg RIP to all the poor vicitimes

Whats a first class airline if not Malaysia? it is one of only 6 5-star airlines along with Cathay, Singapore, Hainan, Asiana and Qatar. I would rather sit economy on any of them than on Business Class in Delta or any other American "first class" airline, and if u experienced their level of services and devotion first hand, you would say the same.

Neither incidents for MH were the fault of Malaysian Airlines. People need to stop trying to find a scapegoat and bring up the airlines quality because literally every other airline you are used to is considered second class compared to MH

Seriously.... Another one

R.I.P. to everyone

how sad that there were no survivors RIP to all the victims and my thoughts are with their families and friends.

RIP to them

I'm not going to indulge this nonsense any further. Virgin Australia, a local carrier, out ranks Malaysian Airlines. Their cabin crew might be renowned for their exceptional service but they're not the ones serving the aircraft, the disappearance of MH370 exposed the airlines shady cost cutting measures. As for the airlines responsibility in both incidents, well we don't know what happened to 370 so nothing can be ruled out. As for MH17, well it's already been established that they flew that route because it was cheaper. Yes, 'technically' they were allowed to use that airspace but instead of erring on the side of caution they chose to risk lives to save $$. Not a quality I look for in an airline. The fallout from 370 also proved their incompetence

what airline doesn't cost cut Those tiny seats on all new airplanes, and all those hefty baggage fees are just the facade of all the cost-cutting measures that literally everyone in the industry is doing An airline is a business at the end of the day, of course they want to save money. On average, airlines make 2-3$ a seat even after all the cost cutting.

They've flown that route everyday for a long time the fact that they had an accident on that particular day doesn't make it magically their fault

And the fallout from 370 was more the fault of the Malaysia Air Traffic Control and Gov't than Malaysia Airlines Name a single airline company that is capable of doing all that radar and satellite stuff on top of deploying deep-water submersibles

Cost cutting might be standard, but you don't compromise safely in doing so. Any respectable airline will tell you that, you're nothing without safety. Malaysian airlines might not be responsible for the actual missile attack, but they do shoulder some of the responsibility in the grand scheme of things. Qantas, Emeriates, BA among others all heeded the warnings and chose to avoid that airspace MONTHS before the MH17 disaster. Malaysian airlines chose not to and continued flying the route, putting their passengers and crew at risk in order to save $$.

You cannot be serious it was over an hour before they even reported the plane missing, what kind of nonsense. If that had been ANY other country, jets would've been scrambled and immediately put in the air. A competent country just does not allow a passenger airliner to divert and then disappear from radar. ANY other reputable airliner would have immediately declared an emergency and launched a search. The handling of the search, the relatives and media was all done by the airline and it was a disaster. Complete and utter incompetence.