Jerzy Dyczynski and Angela Rudhart-Dyczynski whose daughter was a passenger on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, sit on part of the wreckage in Hrabove, Ukraine on July 26. (AP Photo)

(Bloomberg) — Malaysian Airline System Bhd. is facing an influx of passenger cancellations after the carrier’s second disaster this year, adding to the strains of a company that’s bracing for a fourth consecutive annual loss.

Travel agents from Melbourne to Singapore, New Delhi and Malaysian Air’s home country said they’ve seen a spike in withdrawn reservations since MH17’s downing this month — with cancellations climbing above 20% in some places. The Samoan women’s rugby team switched to Thai Airways International Pcl from Malaysian Air on July 27 for a flight to a world cup event in France.

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