MAS condemns 'amateurish' news report and 'fraudster' book author


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has a condemned an Internet news report and the author of a book for publishing stories relating to flights MH131 and the ill-fated MH370, labelling them "amateurish" and "fraudulent" respectively.

It said the website worldnewsdaily.com, published an article titled "Malaysia Airlines Flight Forced Into Emergency Landing After Flying Over Icelandic" on Sept 15, saying that flight MH131 from Paris to New York was forced to make an emergency landing in Iceland after the B777 aircraft flew almost directly over the active Bardarbunga volcano.

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