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Concern for Sunderland University graduate on board missing plane

Engineer Huan Peen Chan, 46, spent four years at Sunderland University in the 1990s, before returning to his native Malaysia. He may have been on board the missing Malaysian Airways flight MH370.

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University of Sunderland "deeply concerned" to hear of graduate on missing plane

The University of Sunderland has said staff are "deeply concerned" to hear reports that one of its ex-students may have been on board the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

“We are deeply concerned to hear reports that one of our graduates, Huan Peen Chan, who studied at the University of Sunderland between 1992 and 1995, may be one of the passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. "Although we are not able to confirm these reports at this time, we wish to pass on our thoughts to the family at this difficult time.”

– University of Sunderland spokesman
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