An unprecedented challenge

Can Malaysia Airlines chart a new course?

Not since Pan American World Airways lost four Boeing 707s in 10 months in the mid 1970s killing over 200 passengers has an airline’s reputation been so devastated by air disasters.

However, the loss of two Boeing 777s in five months with a sickening toll of 537 is far worse in an era where major air crashes are rare and media coverage instant and comprehensive.