Fare the well

"Allaah lah yang menghidupkan dan yang mematikan, dan kepadaNyalah kamu akan dikembalikan untuk menerima balasan. (Yunus 10:56)"

I read the headlines of a pilot that got killed in an aircrash a couple of days ago, but didn't get around to reading the story. I skipped the headlines.

It never hit me that the pilot that got hit in the crash was my friends dad, who's also my dad's old friend (they were golfing buddies). It never hit me til, I saw the photos in a social network, and the status that my friend put up.

I was in shocked, and still am. I knew the latter, when I was in Australia. Our family and his family are friends, but we have not seen each other for more than 10 years.

Anywho's after finding out, that my friend lost her beloved father, I searched through the articles and read the story. I was in shock. I couldn't believe it.

I read the story and watched the video of the incident repeatedly, and cried.

I cannot imagine living without my dad. I cannot imagine coming and knowing that my dad will never return. I just can't.

So, to Kak Yani, hope you and your family stay strong through this tough times. He's in a better place, thought and prayers goes out to arwah Uncle Zakariah (Col. Zakaria Salleh). Al Fatihah...

Pilot's body flown home for burial

2011/06/24

JAKARTA: The body of Malaysian pilot Col (Rtd) Zakaria Salleh, who was killed when his aircraft crashed during an air show in Padang, Sumatra, on Thursday was flown home from Medan for burial in Rawang yesterday.

Accompanying his body on a Malaysia Air lines flight were his widow Laila Zurina Ahmad Nordin and three others.

Malaysian Consul General in Medan Norlin Othman said Zakaria's body was earlier flown to Medan from Padang in an Indonesian Air Force plane at 11am.

"I would like to extend my appreciation to the Indonesian Air Force for all their cooperation and assistance in facilitating our effort to send home Col Zakaria's body," she said when contacted in Medan.

Zakaria, 56, was killed when the light aircraft he was piloting during an aerobatic performance at the Minang Aerosport 2011 air show crashed in an open area at Kompleks Perundam III Tunggul Hitam, Padang, west Sumatra on Thursday afternoon.

Zakaria was flying a Christen Eagle aircraft when the incident happened at 5.24pm. -- Bernama

Read more: Pilot's body flown home for burial http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/20pilot/Article/#ixzz1QHsePA9E

*Credits to nst

'Pesawat papa terhuyung-hayang'

Oleh Raja Noraina Raja Rahim
rnoraina@hmetro.com.my

PILU...Nur Ilyani (dua dari kanan) menenangkan neneknya sebelum jenazah disembahyangkan, malam tadi.

KUALA LUMPUR: “Mama nampak pesawat papa terhuyung-hayang sebelum terhempas,” kata Nur Ilyani Zakaria, 29, anak kedua Allahyarham Kolonel (B) Zakaria Salleh, 57, yang terkorban dalam nahas pesawat di Padang, Sumatera, Indonesia, kelmarin.

Nur Ilyani yang juga anak kedua daripada lima beradik itu berkata, arwah bersama ibunya pergi ke Padang dari Melaka kira-kira jam 2 petang kelmarin.

“Sebaik mama melihat keadaan pesawat yang dipandu papa itu, dalam hati mama terdetik akan kejadian itu kerana mama sering mendengar cerita daripada rakan mengenai keadaan pesawat sebelum terhempas.

“Mama sangat terkejut dengan kejadian itu. Selepas terhempas saya difahamkan papa diberi bantuan kecemasan dan dibawa ke hospital sebelum disahkan meninggal dunia,” katanya ketika ditemui di Surau Nur As-Sobirin, Bandar Tasik Puteri, Rawang, di sini.

Nur Ilyani yang juga seorang setiausaha berkata, dia mengetahui kejadian yang menimpa bapanya selepas mendapat panggilan daripada ibunya pada hari kejadian.

Sementara itu, anak ketiga Allahyarham, Hafedz, 27, berkata walaupun masih terkejut, mereka sekeluarga reda dengan pemergian arwah yang disifatkan sebagai seorang bapa penyayang dan sering memberi semangat kepada kelima-lima anaknya.

Beliau yang bekerja di Kedah memberitahu kali terakhir bertemu bapanya pada minggu lalu ketika sambutan Hari Bapa.

“Papa ajak kami sekeluarga makan bersama-sama di The Curve, Damansara. Pada hari itu papa gembira sangat, tetapi sedikit keletihan.

“Papa juga tidak pernah memaksa kami jadi juruterbang dan menyokong apa saja cita-cita kami. Abang saya yang sulung seorang juruterbang. Saya akan mengambil lesen juruterbang dalam masa terdekat,” katanya.

Hafedz berkata, bapanya amat meminati dunia penerbangan dan dalam perancangan membangunkan akademi penerbangan di Rawang.

Allahyarham selamat dikebumikan selepas solat Isyak, malam tadi di tanah perkuburan Bandar Tasik Puteri dan meninggalkan seorang balu, Leila Zurina Ahmad Nordin, 50 serta lima anak Muhammad Yamen, 30, Nur Ilyani, 29, Hafedz, 27, Eizat Hakim, 25, dan Farish, 17.

Kejadian berlaku apabila pesawat ringan jenis Cristian Eagle yang dipandu arwah dalam pertunjukan aerobatik di Minang Aerosport 2011 jatuh di tanah lapang Kompleks Perundam III Tunggul Hitam, Padang, kira-kira jam 5.24 petang waktu tempatan.

*credits to hmetro