The Hague (AFP) - A young Dutchman apparently posted a picture of the downed Malaysian airliner on Facebook minutes before he boarded it, writing: "If it should disappear, this is what it looks like."

Cor Pan, who appeared to be going on a beach holiday to Malaysia, posted the photo as a joking reference to another Malaysia Airlines flight that mysteriously disappeared over the Indian Ocean in March.

A few hours later his flight too would disappear from radar screens, taking him and the other 297 people on board the Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur flight to their deaths in eastern Ukraine.

Although there has been no confirmation that Cor, from Volendam, nine miles (15 kilometres) north of Amsterdam, was on board, his photo of the aircraft on the tarmac is tagged "near Schipol airport" and appears to have been taken from the gate as passengers waited to board.

The comments by his friends on Facebook, however, seem to indicate that he was on board the flight. Late on Thursday his picture had been shared more than 10,000 times on the social media site.

"This can't be true!" said Alicia de Boer.

Petra Bleeker posted a picture of Cor and his girlfriend Neeltje Tol on which she superimposed a white rose, signifying death. It was unclear whether Tol was also on the flight.

"Such a beautiful couple who have been taken from life. I wish you the best wherever you are," said Peter Bootsman.

Cor had earlier post pictures of idyllic tropical beaches on his Facebook page, saying: "A few more days to wait yet..."



https://www.yahoo.com/news/passenger-posted-joke-plane-disappearing-boarded-jet-223807473.html

We live in a world of hurt with sick twisted violent people all fighting over a bit of land...we will never learn!

What can one say about this? Did the guy had premonition about the impending doom?

We are all going to die. We just don't know when and how. do good. RIP cor pan

desgiezd: What can one say about this? Did the guy had premonition about the impending doom?

Not really a premonition.....he was just making reference to another Boeing 777 Malaysia plane that disappeared not long ago..and fate had something similar in stock for him.

RIP to the dead.

ilugunboy:
Not really a premonition.....he was just making reference to another Boeing 777 Malaysia plane that disappeared not long ago..and fate had something similar in stock for him.
RIP to the dead.

While the two incidents are no faults of the Malaysian Airlines, I'm sure passengers will begin to avoid the airline like plague!

desgiezd:

While the two incidents are no faults of the Malaysian Airlines, I'm sure passengers will begin to avoid the airline like plague!

Definitely....at least for now.

There will be a downward spiral in revenue of the airline until a time the accidents start fading away from memories.

ilugunboy:

Definitely....at least for now.

There will be a downward spiral in revenue of the airline until a time the accidents start fading away from memories.

It's definitely not gonna be fading in people's memory soon, guys are gonna be avoiding the airline like a plague as someone rightly said.

I really feel for Malaysia, Malaysians and Malaysia Airlines ... suffered so much tragedy this year. I hope the country, its people and airlines can survive through it all.

If only the plane disappeared to some remote island and not scattered over the Ukrainian countryside, it would have been better.

I think it's true when they say that we all have a fixed appointment with death and we cannot run away from it. RIP you all. I still cannot believe that such tragedy really happened.

I have a friend who flew with Malaysian Airlines on the same route the day before and he saw Russian military aircraft buzzing around them. He sent a Twitter message about it to Reuters and didn't even get the courtesy of a response. Nobody is safe in that area.