In a terrible twist of fate, a Malaysian flight attendant died after swapping himself onto the doomed Flight MH17 at the last minute — just months after his wife, who is also a flight attendant, saved her own life by swapping out of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished in March.
Sanjid Singh, 41, made the last-minute swap with a colleague for the return Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur trip.
“He was supposed to come here at noon after he returns from Amsterdam this morning. His mother had prepared all his favorite dishes,” his devastated father, Jijar Singh, 71, told The Malaysian Insider between sobs.
“Sanjid’s wife was meant to fly on MH370 but swapped with another colleague at the last minute,” he added.
Jijar said his daughter had told him about the crash — but waited four hours to break the news because of his heart condition.
“I have undergone two heart bypasses. Our daughter waited until 4 a.m. to tell us. She dare not tell us earlier. I am 71 and she (Sanjid’s mother) is 73. We are in such a state. My whole body is shivering,” the father said as his voice started quivering. “We are heartbroken because he was our only son. What to do? What has happened, has happened.”