Malaysia Spent More Than RM33 Million For MH17 And MH370 Search And Rescue Operations
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai reveals how much the government has spent on the Malaysia Airlines tragedies.
By Mei Mei Chu — 14 Nov 2014, 12:53 PM — Updated about 10 years ago
Malaysia has spent more than RM33 million on the search and rescue operations for both MH17 and MH370
Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai Said that the government has allocated RM33,461,861.50 for the search and rescue operation costs for the two Malaysia Airlines tragedies
The Government has so far allocated RM33,461,861.50 to bear the search and rescue operation costs for Malaysia Airlines flights MH370 and MH17.
thestar.com.myThe search and recovery operations, however, were borne by the different countries involved
"The search and recovery operation costs have been borne by the countries involved," he said in his written reply to Ng Wei Aik (DAP-Tanjong) at the Dewan Rakyat sitting Thursday.
Furthermore, an estimated 3,732 public servants were involved in the operations
"An estimated 3,732 civil officers were involved in the search and rescue efforts," he told Ng Wei Aik (DAP-Tanjong) in a brief parliamentary written reply.
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Flight MH370 disappeared without a trace on 8 March 2014. Led by Australia, the search operations is the most expensive aviation investigation so far.
Five months later on 17 July 2014, flight MH17 was shot down from the sky in Donetsk, Ukraine. Investigations and recovery efforts have been hampered by the civil war but are still ongoing.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine, near the Russian border, at about 10.30pm on 17 July 2014.
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