What's this got to do with the topic guys???
Well the upside is that the spinoffs help keep this thread alive and interesting.
Just met a chap whose ex girlfriend's mother was killed in the MH 653 hijack in 1977. Because of the that, the girl vehemently opposed his decision to take up flying, ending their romance eventhough eventually they came back as good friends. The psychological trauma of losing a loved one in a plane tragedy really cause her to completely reject another loved one's passion for flying.
He's hoping that with the thread alive, some pertinent info will surface as word got around so that some non SEA forum guys will have a look and thereby jogging up some foggy recollection of the tragedy.