KUALA LUMPUR: A sister of one of the passengers on board flight MH370 did not expect a "Happy Birthday" message from him would be his last to her.
S. Thenmoli, 26, an operations executive with a private company said her brother, S. Puspanathan, 34, sent the message via Whatsapp: "Take Care, tot if u cum today (Friday), we go for dinner; Anyway see u after I back from China and Wish u advance happy birthday".
She said the message was sent several hours before her brother boarded the Boeing 777-200 aircraft which was reported missing over the South China Sea enroute to Beijing.
Puspanathan worked with a private company here and had taken the flight to Beijing on work matters.
"Today is my 26th birthday and I have no other siblings. Now, I really miss my brother," Thenmoli said.
Thenmoli said Puspanathan, who often went overseas on company business, would contact his family via e-mail but this time his family did not receive any calls from him.
Puspanathan was married with two sons, P.Varmer, three, and P.Thashuvarmen, one, while his wife, K. Sridevi, 30, is a housewife.
Thenmoli said Varmer often asked why his father had not contacted them.
She said her family was now traumatised following the missing plane as her brother was a responsible person.
Nonetheless, Thenmoli was confident that her brother would return to the family and take her for dinner as he had promised in his message.
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