- There are no survivors, according to the text:
Malaysia Airlines sent this text message to family members of those on #Flight370 before the briefings. pic.twitter.com/HSZhdPUf4Dhttp://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/448106934793564161
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:39:53- Many blasted the move as insensitive.
- A text message!?! Not even a phone call? #Flight370
http://twitter.com/Steinschen/status/448109850099458048
— Stine (@Steinschen)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:51:28 - Flight 370 ended in Southern Indian Ocean. After seventeen days, Malaysian Airlines informs family through text. Seriously?
http://twitter.com/celinedecastro/status/448109914854940673
— Celine de Castro (@celinedecastro)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:51:43 - The families of flight 370's passengers have been through so much, they deserved at least a phone call not a text.
http://twitter.com/Julie1205/status/448109538416558080
— Julie (@Julie1205)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:50:14 - How do you inform the families of flight 370 by text message that your loved one is dead. Complete BS. #MH370
http://twitter.com/IMDABUFFALO/status/448109583802695680
— DJ (@IMDABUFFALO)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:50:24 - What's tackier than breaking off romance/friendship via text? Maylasian Officials texting Flight 370's families all passengers are dead
http://twitter.com/kimberlybryant/status/448109168340135936
— Kim Bryant (@kimberlybryant)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:48:45 - So sad for the families of those on board flight 370. And so angry they were given that horrible news via text.
http://twitter.com/lovingasong/status/448108704379183104
— stef bettick (@lovingasong)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:46:55 - Asia: U/D Relatives of Flight 370 passengers learned of their loved ones faith via text message sent by Malaysian Airlines,families outraged
http://twitter.com/YiddishNews/status/448106075288768512
— Yiddish News (@YiddishNews)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:36:28 - What has the world come to when the families of people on Flight 370 were notified via TEXT MESSAGE that they're reporting no survivors?
http://twitter.com/AlyxNotAlex/status/448105301946806272
— Alyx Iversen (@AlyxNotAlex)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:33:24 - But others noted the practice isn't considered rude or insulting in Southeast Asia:
- My nanny in Indonesia was informed by her family that her mom died via text. I was shocked, none of my Indonesian friends were.
http://twitter.com/willcarless/status/448107251178688512
— Will Carless (@willcarless)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:41:08 - My point: From my experience, people in the region don’t see use of texts as dismissive or impolite. It’s just how things are done.
http://twitter.com/willcarless/status/448107100238266368
— Will Carless (@willcarless)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:40:32 - Here is the Malaysian prime minister's full statement:
Complete statement from Malaysian PM Najib Razak on the conclusion #MH370 has been lost. http://on.wsj.com/PcQvg7 pic.twitter.com/cnsjLdwkdHhttp://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/448099633240084480
— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower)Mon, Mar 24 2014 14:10:52
Malaysia Airlines text to #Flight370 families: 'No one survived'
Malaysia Airlines took some heat for sending a text message to family members of those on #Flight370 before a briefing Monday informing them that the flight "ended in the southern Indian Ocean."
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GlobalPost1,373 Views- There are no survivors, according to the text:
- Many blasted the move as insensitive.
- But others noted the practice isn't considered rude or insulting in Southeast Asia:
- Here is the Malaysian prime minister's full statement:
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