Momen Terakhir di Kabin MH17 Sebelum Lepas Landas
Final Moments Inside MH17 Cabin Before It Took Off on Doomed Flight
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
SAAT-SAAT terakhir sebelum Malaysia Airlines nomor penerbangan MH17 lepas landas dari Bandara Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Kamis pekan lalu (17/7), ternyata sempat direkam oleh seorang penumpang.
Md Ali Md Salim, 30, dilaporkan telah mengunggah ke Instagram tentang kegiatan di dalam pesawat naas sebelum lepas landas dan kemudian ditembak jatuh di dekat perbatasan Rusia-Ukraina, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Md Ali dilaporkan kuliah di Universitas Erasmus di Rotterdam, Amsterdam, untuk meraih gelar doktor di bidang filsafat dan ia akan pulang ke negara asalnya Malaysia untuk berkumpul dengan keluarganya.
Pesawat MH17 lepas landas dari Amsterdam pada Kamis siang dan terbang di ketinggian 33 ribu kaki pada salah satu rute utama dari Eropa ke Asia ketika ditembak oleh sebuah rudal.
Video yang diyakini berasal dari akun Instagram Md Ali - diduga menunjukkan penumpang sebelum MH17 lepas landas - yang di-shared seorang teman dan kini beredar luas di YouTube dan Facebook.
'Bismillah ... #hatiadasikitgentar (Dalam nama Allah ... merasa sedikit gugup)', judul dari video tersebut.
Profil Instagram mengatakan penggunanya, @MASA1777, adalah seorang psikolog klinis.
Dalam video tersebut seorang penumpang laki-laki, mengenakan kaos oblong hitam dan celana krem, yang terlihat mengangkat ransel biru dan putih ke dalam kompartemen bagasi di atas kepala penumpang.
Di bagian belakang tampak kursi ungu deretan kursi penumpang terlihat jelas, sementara seorang pria dengan kaos oblong pink duduk di sebelah kanan kamera dan seorang wanita duduk di depannya.
Di sebelah kanan, agak jauh seorang pramugari di Malaysia Airlines seragam ungu berjalan di sepanjang lorong kursi untuk memeriksa kompartemen di atas penumpang.
"Kami menjelang akhir boarding dan menaikkan barang, dan pastikan ponsel Anda dimatikan selama penerbangan," suara seorang awak kabin sebelum pesawat lepas landas.
Md Zaki Md Salim, kakak MD Ali, mengatakan kepada astroawani.com bahwa saudaranya adalah salah satu penumpang di MH17.
'Setelah menerima berita dari kakak perempuan saya, saya bergegas ke bandara Kuala Lumpur dan pihak MAS konfirmasi bahwa adik saya adalah salah satu penumpang pesawat itu," katanya di Bandara Internasional Kuala Lumpur.
MailOnline telah menghubungi Malaysia Airlines untuk mengkonfirmasi jika video itu diambil di pesawat MH17 tetapi mereka tidak menanggapi. Sejauh ini tidak mungkin untuk memverifikasi rekaman video tersebut.
Pesawat jatuh di dekat sebuah peternakan unggas di desa Grabovo, daerah yang dikontrol oleh pemberontak pro-Rusia sekitar 30 kilometer dari perbatasan Ukraina-Rusia.
Saksi mengaku telah melihat benda jatuh dari pesawat yang dihantam rudal di atas desa Rassypnaya. Beberapa warga takut mereka sedang dibom.
THE FINAL moments before Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 took off from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on Thursday (7/17) were captured on video by a Malaysian passenger, it has been claimed.
Md Ali Md Salim, 30, reportedly posted footage of the plane's routine pre-departure process on Instagram on July 17 before the plane crashed near the Russian-Ukraine border.
Md Ali was reportedly studying at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, for his doctorate of philosophy and he was travelling back to his home country of Malaysia to see his family for a holiday.
Flight MH17 took off from Amsterdam at lunchtime and was flying at around 33,000ft on one of the main routes from Europe to Asia when it was struck by a missile.
Md Ali's Instagram page is private but it is believed the video - allegedly showing passengers before MH17 took off - was shared by a friend and it has now been widely shared on YouTube and Facebook.
'Bismillah... #hatiadasikitgentar (In the name of God... feeling a little bit nervous)', the caption reportedly said.
The Instagram profile says the user, @MASA1777, is a clinical psychologist.
In the video a male passenger, wearing a black t-shirt and beige pants, is seen lifting his blue and white backpack into the overhead compartment.
The backs of the plane's purple and teal seats can be seen, while a man in a salmon pink t-shirt sits to the right of the camera and a woman sits in front of him.
On the right, an air stewardess in the Malaysia Airlines patterned teal and purple uniform moves along the aisle closing the overhead compartments.
'We are in the final stages of our boarding and as we're loading please do ensure your phones are also off for the flight,' a member of the cabin crew can be heard saying.
Md Zaki Md Salim, MD Ali's older brother, told astroawani.com that his brother was one of the passengers on MH17.
'After receiving the news from my elder sister, I rushed to the airport here and MAS side confirmed my brother was one of the passengers of that flight,' he said at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
MailOnline has contacted Malaysia Airlines to confirm if the video was taken on board flight MH17 but they have not responded. It has so far been impossible to verify the footage.
The plane came down near a poultry farm in the village of Grabovo, an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels about 30 miles from the Ukraine-Russia border.
Witnesses claimed to have seen bodies falling out of the stricken plane over the village of Rassypnaya. Some residents feared they were being bombed.