Teenage AirAsia X passenger defends airline and pilot in viral FB post


PETALING JAYA: An Australian passenger on board AirAsia X flight D7237 has defended the low cost carrier and the pilot against critics, saying that they should be praised and not blamed for the incident.

In a compelling first person account of the Perth to Kuala Lumpur flight, 15-year-old Madeline Wright wrote in a viral Facebook post that AirAsia and the pilot had done their best to keep all 359 people on board safe and calm during the incident and its aftermath.

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