Family of six die in Malaysia plane crash

Kuala Lumpur, July 18 (IANS) Six members of a family were killed in the Malaysian plane crash, a media report said Friday.

The entire family from Kuching city were on their way back from Kazakhstan transiting via Amsterdam, reported thestar.com

Tambi Jiee, 49, was with his wife Ariza Ghazalee, 47, and four children - Mohd Afif, 19, Mohd Afzal, 17, Marsha Azmeena, 15, and Mohd Afruz, 13.

The family was returning from Kazakhstan, where Jiee had been working for about three years.

The Malaysian aircraft from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine Thursday, killing 298 people onboard.