My Heart Goes Out For...

March 25, 2014

So it's been all over the news that Malaysian Air has reported that flight 370 has crashed in the Indian Ocean with no survivors... 

I don't know about you guys but we've been a little obsessed over this whole missing plane incident. I mean, how the hell does a giant aircraft go missing???? Poor Tbone has been in awe that this even happened. 

Of course the whole thing seemed a little wonky from the beginning as if it were taken over by someone... but we may not ever know. 

I cannot imagine what the family members must be feeling right now. The news has been showing people having to be taken away by stretcher because they are so overcome with grief... I am sure they wanted to believe that their loved ones had landed safely somewhere and maybe there was hope to get them back. 

Now the news is making a big deal about how Malaysian Air alerted the loved ones about the updates... 

This update was sent via text..

"Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond a reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."

My first impression was, "Holy Hell, how could they be so insensitive to send these poor people a text?"  but then I thought, "okay if the airlines took the time to call each family member... by the last group to be alerted, the first people would have already let everyone they know, know... so the last people would probably hear via news, online (we all know how fast news spreads), etc... and then we would all be horrified that they had to hear it from someone other than the airlines... It's not like all these family members were in one common place... they were all over the world... Text was probably the idea that made most sense even though it seems horribly insensitive. 

The whole situation is just so awful and my heart goes out to the families and loved ones. Even though they have been told their family members didn't survive... they still have no idea what happened and what their loved one went through prior to the crash. 

What is your opinion on the whole thing? I'm interested to know everyone's thoughts. 

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14 comments:

  1. It is just so sad. It really does seem like a terrorist attack considering how off course it got but either way it is just so sad. I can't imagine being notified via text maybe a phone call would have been better but really I don't think anything would have made them feel better. So sad.

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    1. I totally thought it was an attack of some sort but then what... did it go wrong and crash? It seems like there should have been some sort of demands or at least a message... Regardless, yes... it's horrible!

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  2. I still think a text is insensitive. They have enough employees that all of those people could have been called individually.

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    1. I know, that is what I would have expected... I can't imagine what these people must be feeling...

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  3. I agree with you. Initially a text sounds bad but the way news spreads, you're right, the families wouldn't have found out in a timely way otherwise.

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    1. I just can't come up with another way that's more sensitive... =(

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  4. it is so crazy and sad! at first my mind was just boggled by the fact that they could just lose a plane and then of course I wonder what happened to make it crash. but it seriously must be so tough for the families. i'm sure they were holding out some hope that they would get good news but it doesn't look hopeful anymore. such a tragedy.

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    1. It seems like people are still holding out hope since nobody has come up with any debris or real proof... so sad!

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  5. There was no good way to tell the family members. I think texting them was horrible but you're totally right that a phone call wouldn't be practical because the last families would definitely hear about it another way. My heart breaks for all the families!

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  6. Gosh I just can't even imagine. It breaks my heart that these people don't know where their friends/family/loved ones are. My prayers go out to them every day!

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  7. I have actually been totally blown away that, in this day and age, a huge jetliner can simply disappear. I guess I don't really have a good vision of how huge and deep the oceans are... but I thought they'd at least be able to track it to where it initially hit the water. That's the part that boggles my mind.

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    1. I know, it seems impossible to loose something that large!

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