PUTRAJAYA: The mother of Nur Shazana Mohamad Salleh, one of the victims of the MH17 crash in Ukraine yesterday night, had repeatedly asked her daughter to stop becoming an air stewardess and to work in other fields.
Sharom Ibrahim, 57, said she had asked Nur Shazana to change her job as she was worried that undesired incidents would occur especially after the case of the disappearance of the aircraft MH370.
"But she had refused. She liked to travel. She had said that even pedestrians could die. I had told her that in this case there would at least be a body, but she had said that it would be better if the aircraft would just burst," she said here yesterday.
Sharom, who originated from Penang, said her daughter had been working as an air stewardess for nine years.
She said that the last time she had met her eldest daughter was when they were breaking fast together three weeks ago.
"I accept her death. It's just that I hope to get her remains, at least she would have a grave," she said.
Nur Shazana was among the 15 crew members and 283 passengers of MH17 which went down in Ukraine while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
The Boeing 777-200 aircraft had departed from Amsterdam at 12.15pm (Netherlands' time) on Thursday and was scheduled to arrive at the KL International Airport at 6.10am (Malaysian time) on Friday. Bernama