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Originally Posted by 911_Dude

Not all countries have US airport security or US airline regulation (maintainence) requirements. That's the answer to a lot of the "how come" questions.

I've been in countries where if you pull the engine cover on a plane your likely to see soda can, zip tie and tape repairs. It wouldn't surprise me if the airline involved in this crash had a few "deficiencies".

I've flown MAS a lot (at least 20 legs, 41k actual miles flown according to my frequent flier account with them) and have flown out of KUL many, many times. Malaysia is not a first world country but their airline and KUL airport are both top notch imho. You may be assuming that they are some sort of fly by night operation bit this is not the case. I have flown plenty of other semi-sketchy airlines in and around that region (Jet, Tiger, Air Asia, Vietnam, China Air) but would compare Malaysia to Singapore Air, Emirates, Qatar, etc.

Now of course I am not in the airline industry, not a pilot etc... just speaki g from my experience as a passenger.

As far as the Muslim angle, Malaysia is of course one of the largest Muslim nations on earth (second only to Indonesia I believe). I'm not sure I could understandthe angle of Muslim terrorists attacking a flight originating from Malaysia and heading to China where there are also plenty of Muslims... seems kind of counterintuitive.