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  • Captain Iriyanto Of QZ8501 A Caring Man

    Captain Iriyanto Of QZ8501 A Caring Man

    YOGYAKARTA – The pilot of missing Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501, Captain Iriyanto, is a very caring man who has never failed to help those in need, his nephew told local news media.

    “He is always helping people because he is a very caring person. If there is a sick relative who needed help and even money, my uncle would be there,” the nephew, identified only as Doni, told Indonesian news portal Detik.com on Sunday.

    “If there are money problems in the family, he would surely help,” said Doni, who lives in Surabaya.

    Doni told Detik.com that Iriyanto is married with two school-going children. His wife does not have a job.

    According to a media statement by AirAsia, Iriyanto had clocked 6,100 hours of flying time, while the French first officer, Remi Emmanual Plesel, had logged 2,275 hours.

    Surabaya’s Surya Online reported that Mr Iriyanto was a member of Motor Besar Club (MBC), a motorcycle club.

    “We had agreed to gather at Captain Irianto’s home to be with his family,” said Joko Bagus, the MBC club chief. “We ourselves have no idea what happened to the plane. But our hope is that all is well, and the plane lost its way but nothing bad happened to it.”

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Missing Singaporean Onboard AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Believed To Be 2 Year Old Zoe Choi

    Missing Singaporean Onboard AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Believed To Be 2 Year Old Zoe Choi

    The Briton on board flight AirAsia flight QZ8501 is believed to be Mr Choi Chi Man, who is based in Indonesia, where he is the managing director at an energy company.

    He was accompanied by his two-year-old daughter, Zoe, who is believed to have been the sole Singaporean on the flight.

    According to a copy of the passenger manifest released to Indonesian media, Mr Choi and Zoe bought their tickets on Friday (Dec 26). According to the manifest, they were seated in the first row, in Seats 1B and 1C.

    According to his LinkedIn account, Mr Choi was born at Hull in Yorkshire, England, and graduated from the University of Essex in 1988.

    He was Unit Managing Director for Thermal Services at energy firm Alstom Power, a position he held since July this year. Prior to that, he was based in Singapore, where he was a senior executive at Alstom Grid, according to his LinkedIn profile.

    Channel NewsAsia understands that Mr Choi’s wife had travelled back to Singapore from Surabaya earlier with Zoe’s older brother.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • St Andrew’s Junior College Student, Nico Giovanni, And Family Believed To Be Among Passengers Of QZ8501

    St Andrew’s Junior College Student, Nico Giovanni, And Family Believed To Be Among Passengers Of QZ8501

    A St Andrew’s Junior College (SAJC) student and his family were reportedly on board an Indonesia AirAsia plane that vanished on its way to Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesia, yesterday.

    Indonesian Nico Giovanni, 18, who holds a Singapore Ministry of Education scholarship, had studied at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and recently completed his first year at the junior college.

    “The college is in contact with Nico’s relatives and our thoughts and prayers are with them. We are also providing support to our students,” SAJC principal Mrs Lee Bee Yann told The Straits Times.

    A friend, who wanted to be known only as Michael, said that Nico had come to Singapore to pursue his studies and was enrolled at the Secondary 3 level at ACS (I).

    “Nico is very reserved. He is hard-working and respectful,” he said, adding that the Indonesian teen is good at maths and science.

    The Straits Times understands that Nico was travelling with his parents and a brother. His sister, who was not with them, is believed to be waiting for her family at Changi Airport’s Terminal 2. Nico’s name is among those listed in a passenger manifest from the missing Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501. The list was circulating online yesterday.

    Separately, one of the passengers on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished in March, happened to be an SAJC graduate.

    Malaysian Tony Tan Wei Chew, 19, was on the way to Beijing for a vacation with his parents.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com