MALAYSIA, ASIA—The Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has claimed the lives of the 298 passengers and crew on the plane, one of whom was a Sikh, Karamjit Singh.
54 year old Karamjit Singh of Malaysia was a victim of the plane that crashed on 17 July 2014.
The MH17 plane was a scheduled international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. It s believed to have been shot down with a Buk surface-to-air missile.
The airliner lost contact near Harbove in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, and crashed near Torez some 40 kilometres from the Ukraine-Russia border. The crash occurred in the conflict zone of the Donbass insurgency, in an area controlled by the Donbass People’s Militia.
Friends of Karamjit Singh say it was an honor and privilege to have known him. He is described as a humble and admired character who will be dearly missed.
Sikh24 express their condolences to the family of Karamjit Singh and all those lost their lives in the MH17 flight.
There were three altogther.There was another Sikh a crew member -sanjid Singh sandhu who also died.The third was a Punjabi lady kaushaliaya jairamdas.
Which of the two men is Karamjit Singh?