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MH370 Crew: Data Matching

There are several sources of information about the crew on-board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Media Statement: Pilots

Malaysia Airlines' 3rd Media Statement at 10:30 AM Saturday, 8 March 2014 identified the two pilots:-

The flight was piloted by Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, a Malaysian aged 53. He has a total flying hours of 18,365 hours. He joined Malaysia Airlines in 1981. First officer, Fariq Ab.Hamid, a Malaysian, is aged 27. He has a total flying hours of 2,763 hours. He joined Malaysia Airlines in 2007.

Source: Malaysia Airlines MAS-MS3-001-ZH

Passenger Manifest: MH 370 tech & Cabin Crew

The Passenger Manifest released by Malaysia Airlines at 7:20 pm Saturday, 8 March 2014 with the 5th Media Statement listed 'MH 370 tech & Cabin Crew' by name and nationality.

In this document Tech Crew refers to the aircraft pilots or Flight Crew. The list does not identify the role of each person.


MH 370 TECH & CABIN CREW
NONAMENATIONALITY
1ZAHARIE BIN AHMAD SHAH (TECH CREW)Malaysian
2 FARIQ BIN AB HAMID (TECH CREW)Malaysian
3 PATRICK FRANCIS GOMESMalaysian
4ANDREW NARIMalaysian
5GOH SOCK LAYMalaysian
6TAN SER KUINMalaysian
7WAN SWAID BIN WAN ISMAILMalaysian
8JUNAIDI BIN MOHD KASSIMMalaysian
9MOHD HAZRIN BIN MOHAMED HASNANMalaysian
10NG YAR CHIENMalaysian
11FOONG WAI YUENGMalaysian
12TAN SIZE HIANGMalaysian

Source: MH 370 Passenger Manifest, Malaysia Airlines, 8 March 2014 MAS-DOC-001


API Data: Flight Crew

A passenger manifest released in Beijing also listed the names of the crew on-board MH370. Additional detail includes Passport Number, Gender and Date of Birth. The document is only available as a series of images. The relevant section is shown below, followed by a transcription:-

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Passenger Manifest at Beijing Airport Page 6

Source: Beijing International Airport. Published by SAYS (Malaysia) SAYSMY-002


The table below contains the data transcribed from the Beijing version of the passenger manifest. Several changes have been made during the process of transcription from the API data:-

  1. Column 2 is the passport number, which is not relevant here, and has not been transcribed.
  2. Column 6 contains either a 1 or 2 which correlates with a code for gender where 1 = male and 2 = female.
  3. Column 7 is Date of Birth in Year/Month/Day format. For ease of reading this has been transcribed in the format YYYY/MM/DD.
  4. The order of first and last names for Patrick Gomes has been changed to be consistent with the Malaysia Airlines Flight Manifests.

Additional Columns

  1. The numbers 1 and 2 have been converted to male and female gender in an additional column.
  2. Using the date of birth provided here, each person's age in years has been calculated as it would have been on Saturday, 8 March 2014 and placed in an additional column headed Actual Age.


MH370 Flight Crew and Cabin Crew based on API Data

    Nationality Name   Date of Birth Gender Actual Age
1 14 MYS FARIQ BIN AB HAMID 1 1987/04/01 Male 26
2 14 MYS ZAHARIE BIN AHMAD SHAH 1 1961/07/31 Male 52
3 14 MYS FOONG WAI YUENG 2 1975/06/27 Female 38
4 14 MYS GOH SOCK LAY 2 1969/07/29 Female 44
5 14 MYS PATRICK FRANCIS GOMES 1 1959/07/23 Male 54
6 14 MYS MOHD HAZRIN BIN MOHAMED HASNAN 1 1980/06/30 Male 33
7 14 MYS JUNAIDI BIN MOHD KASSIM 1 1973/06/12 Male 40
8 14 MYS ANDREW NARI 1 1965/02/21 Male 49
9 14 MYS NG YAR CHIEN 2 1972/06/22 Female 41
10 14 MYS TAN SER KUIN 2 1972/12/12 Female 41
11 14 MYS TAN SIZE HIANG 1 1968/06/08 Male 45
12 14 MYS WAN SWAID BIN WAN ISMAIL 1 1972/08/08 Male 41

Source: MH370 Passenger Manifest based on Advanced Passenger Information (API)
Released at Beijing International Airport. Published by SAYS (Malaysia) SAYSMY-002


Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018: Profiles

The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 included profiles for the Flight Crew and Cabin Crew in the Safety Investigation Report at Section 1.5 PERSONNEL INFORMATION, but this Section refers to each person by role only, and names were not provided.

The following table has been compiled from the information in Section 1.5.


Crew Profiles Summary

Source Role Gender Age
1.5.3 Pilot-in-Command Pilot in Command (PIC) Male 53
1.5.4 First Officer First Officer (FO) Male 27
1.5.6 Cabin Crew and Personal Profiles
1) Inflight Supervisor (IFS) Inflight Supervisor (IFS) Male 55
2) Chief Steward (CS) Chief Steward (CS) Male 49
3) Chief Stewardess (CSS) Chief Stewardess (CSS) Female 49
4) Leading Steward (LS) Leading Steward (LS) Male 42
5) Leading Stewardess (LSS) Leading Stewardess (LSS) Female 42
6) Flight Stewardess (FSS) 1 Flight Stewardess (FSS) 1 Female 42
7) Flight Stewardess (FSS) 2 Flight Stewardess (FSS) 2 Female 39
8) Flight Steward (FS) 1 Flight Steward (FS) 1 Male 46
9) Flight Steward (FS) 2 Flight Steward (FS) 2 Male 41
10) Flight Steward (FS) 3 Flight Steward (FS) 3 Male 34

Source: Data extracted from Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018
Section 1.5 PERSONNEL INFORMATION


Data Match: Crew Profiles Summary vs API Data

The identity of the Pilot-in-Command of MH370, Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and the First Officer, Fariq Ab.Hamid, as confirmed by media statements, is now well known.

However, note that the age of both Captain Shah and First Officer Hamid as reported is different from their age as calculated from the Advanced Passenger Information data using their birth dates. It would seem that each person's age was determined simply by the difference between their year of birth and 2014. So, assuming that the Advanced Passenger Information data is correct, on 8 March 2014 Captain Shah, for example, would have been only 52, but in his 53rd year.

Most of the Cabin Crew names and roles can be matched using a combination of two data items - gender and age. In the tables below the names and roles have been sorted by gender then age.

Crew Profiles Summary
Sorted by Gender and Age

Role Gender Age
Inflight Supervisor (IFS) Male 55
Pilot in Command (PIC) Male 53
Chief Steward (CS) Male 49
Flight Steward (FS) 1 Male 46
Leading Steward (LS) Male 42
Flight Steward (FS) 2 Male 41
Flight Steward (FS) 3 Male 34
First Officer (FO) Male 27
Chief Stewardess (CSS) Female 49
Leading Stewardess (LSS) Female 42
Flight Stewardess (FSS) 1 Female 42
Flight Stewardess (FSS) 2 Female 39

Source: Based on data extracted from Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018
Section 1.5 PERSONNEL INFORMATION

MH370 Flight Crew and Cabin Crew based on API Data
Sorted by Gender and Age

Name Gender Actual Age
PATRICK FRANCIS GOMES Male 54
ZAHARIE BIN AHMAD SHAH Male 52
ANDREW NARI Male 49
TAN SIZE HIANG Male 45
WAN SWAID BIN WAN ISMAIL Male 41
JUNAIDI BIN MOHD KASSIM Male 40
MOHD HAZRIN BIN MOHAMED HASNAN Male 33
FARIQ BIN AB HAMID Male 26
GOH SOCK LAY Female 44
NG YAR CHIEN Female 41
TAN SER KUIN Female 41
FOONG WAI YUENG Female 38

Source: MH370 Passenger Manifest based on Advanced Passenger Information (API) released at Beijing Airport.

Comparing the two sets of information shows that all of the male crew can be matched to a role, but only two of the female crew can be matched to their roles on MH370.

Leading Stewardess and Flight Stewardess 1

The remaining data match involves determining whether Ng Yar Chien or Tan Ser Kuin was the Leading Stewardess.

Following the loss of flight MH370 many media outlets published profiles of the crew and passengers on-board. However, none of the major stories distinguished between the roles of Leading Stewardess and Flight Stewardess. Most identified the Chief Stewardess as Goh Sock Lay and referred to the remaining female cabin crew with the terms stewardess or flight attendants.

There is, however, another source (no longer available on the Internet) which compiled data about each crew member as a table, shown below:-


MH370 Flight and Inflight Crew

Staff No. Name Rank Age Marital Status Date of Joining MAS Aeronautical Experience
97277 Zaharie Bin Ahmad Shah Captain 53 Married with 3 Children June 15, 1981 ATP with 18423:40 hours (8659 on type)
1172449 Fariq Bin Ab Hamid First Officer 27 Single (Girlfriend FO for AirAsia) July 23, 2007 ATP with 2813:42 hours (39 on type)
78888 Patrick Francis Gomes Inflight Supervisor 55 Married with 4 children November 19, 1979 35 years
146258 Andrew Nari Chief Steward 49 Married with 2 children November 13, 1989 25 years
148604 Goh Sock Lay Chief Stewardess 49 Married with 1 child January 02, 1990 24 years
218224 "Christine" Tan Ser Kuin Leading Stewardess 42 Married with 2 children August 18, 1992 22 years
280489 Wan Swaid Bin Wan Ismail Leading Steward 42 Married with 4 children October 05, 1995 19 years
1006479 Junaidi Bin Mohd Kassim Flight Steward 41 Married with 2 children February 13, 1997 17 years
1087698 Mohd "Rain" Hazrin Bin Mohamed Hasnan Flight Steward 34 Married with 2 children September 27, 2001 13 years
225412 Ng Yar Chien Flight Stewardess 42 Married with 2 children January 18, 1992 22 years
301366 Foong Wai Yueng Flight Stewardess 39 Married with 2 children April 16, 1996 18 years
392841 "David" Tan Size Hiang Flight Steward 46 Married with 3 children April 16, 1996 18 years

All members of the crew were Malaysian Nationals.

Source: MH370 Discussion Forum (Posted 15 April 2015 by 'Accident Investigator')
Domain was mh370forum.com but de-registered sometime after 2018.
Note: Seems accurate but unable to verify all data.


Summary


Crew Profiles Summary - with Names Added

Profile Role Gender Age Name
1.5.3 Pilot-in-Command Pilot in Command (PIC) Male 53 ZAHARIE BIN AHMAD SHAH
1.5.4 First Officer First Officer (FO) Male 27 FARIQ BIN AB HAMID
1.5.6 1) Inflight Supervisor (IFS) Inflight Supervisor (IFS) Male 55 PATRICK FRANCIS GOMES
1.5.6 2) Chief Steward (CS) Chief Steward (CS) Male 49 ANDREW NARI
1.5.6 3) Chief Stewardess (CSS) Chief Stewardess (CSS) Female 49 GOH SOCK LAY
1.5.6 4) Leading Steward (LS) Leading Steward (LS) Male 42 WAN SWAID BIN WAN ISMAIL
1.5.6 5) Leading Stewardess (LSS) Leading Stewardess (LSS) Female 42 TAN SER KUIN
1.5.6 6) Flight Stewardess (FSS) 1 Flight Stewardess (FSS) 1 Female 42 NG YAR CHIEN
1.5.6 7) Flight Stewardess (FSS) 2 Flight Stewardess (FSS) 2 Female 39 FOONG WAI YUENG
1.5.6 8) Flight Steward (FS) 1 Flight Steward (FS) 1 Male 46 TAN SIZE HIANG
1.5.6 9) Flight Steward (FS) 2 Flight Steward (FS) 2 Male 41 JUNAIDI BIN MOHD KASSIM
1.5.6 10) Flight Steward (FS) 3 Flight Steward (FS) 3 Male 34 MOHD HAZRIN BIN MOHAMED HASNAN

Sources:-

  1. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 Section 1.5 PERSONNEL INFORMATION
  2. MH 370 Passenger Manifest, Malaysia Airlines, March 2014
  3. MH370 Passenger Manifest based on Advanced Passenger Information (API) released at Beijing Airport