Malaysia Airlines renames ‘bucket list’ promotion

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In this Nov. 15, 2012 photo, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. The plane, with the tail number 9M-MRD, is the same aircraft that was heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, July 17, 2014 when it was shot down near the Ukraine Russia border.

Associated Press

Wed, Sep 3, 2014 (8:45 p.m.)

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia Airlines has renamed a promotional campaign asking people what countries are on their "bucket list" to visit after acknowledging it was inappropriate given the two deadly disasters it has suffered this year.

A bucket list is a term used to describe a list of activities that people want to do or places they want to see before they die.

The airline said in a statement Thursday that it had withdrawn the title because it was "found to be inappropriate at this point in time."

A Malaysia Airlines jet with 239 people on board went missing March 8 while en route to Beijing and no trace of it has been found.

In July, a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

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