PETALING JAYA, March 10 — It was the phone call that the family in Ipoh had always worried about but on Saturday morning, it finally came through.
Goh Sock Lay, 45, who is married to Choi Loong Choo, 47, was the chief stewardess on Flight MH370 and at 8am, that dreaded call was made to her in-laws’ house to inform them her plane was missing.
“We had always feared about this moment but we never talked about it. We are all very sad,” said Goh’s sister-in-law, Choi Chew Heong.
Chew Heong said that whenever Sock Lay was on duty, she would leave her daughter, Wei Ling, 16, at her house where Sock Lay’s father-in-law, Choi Tat Sang, 75, will help to take care of her.
The family had tried to keep the news from Wei Ling until 2pm that day since the information had not yet been confirmed.
“Wei Ling cried when she heard the news,” said Chew Heong.
“We had always feared about this moment but we never talked about it. We are all very sad.”
Another crew member of MH370, flight attendant Mohamad Hazrin Mohamed Hasnan, is expecting his second child in May.
He and his wife, Intan Maizura Outhman, who is also a flight attendant, have a three-year-old daughter.
Hazrin’s uncle, Mustapha Kamarudin, said Hazrin was a man of few words but was always cheerful and close to his sisters.
“He has six sisters and he was very close to them,” he told The Malay Mail.
Mustapha an executive sub editor with The Malay Mail said Hazrin, from Subang Jaya, usually flew on the European and Australian routes but had to replace a colleague on MH370.
“He was supposed to be back on Sunday and fly off to Paris but he had to replace someone for that sector (China),” Mustapha said.
“What we can do is pray and hope for the safety of everyone on board that flight.”
