MIRI, Nov. 5 -- A woman in distress onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH2574 last Saturday met 'a knight in shining armour', in the form of Dr Chung Ghi Waie, a paediatric specialist at the Selesa Pacific Hospital.

During the flight, Dr Chung was supposed to be winding down from a getaway to Japan, but a female passenger suddenly struggled to breathe, clutching her chest in pain.

Dr Chung rose without hesitation in response to the call by the cabin crew - far from operating rooms and medical equipment, he helped stabilise the passenger and by the time the plane touched down in Miri, she was stable and able to breathe normally.

Her mother and brother later flooded social media with gratitude, and netizens hailed Dr Chung as a 'hero physi...