MH17 crash: Pilot wanted to perform his haj, says nephew


KEMAMAN: Wan Amran Wan Hussin, 50, the pilot of the Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in Ukraine on Thursday, had stated his intention to perform the haj later this year, according to his nephew Amaluddin Noorshah, 48. 

He had expressed his intention to his elder sister, Wan Aini, when he returned to his village in Kota Lama Kiri, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, to break fast with relatives last week, Amaluddin said. 

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