‘MH370 is not history’: 10 years on, Malaysia seeks to revive Ocean Infinity’s jet search
- Malaysia is set to offer the US deep-sea survey firm a deal to restart the search on a ‘no-find, no-fee’ basis, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said
- The lack of closure has brought endless heartache to families of the 239 people – mostly Chinese nationals – who disappeared with the airliner
He made the comment at a Kuala Lumpur memorial event where relatives of those missing made an impassioned appeal to officials to restart the lapsed search for their loved ones, which remains one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history.
In the predawn hours of March 8, 2014, flight MH370, which was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, dropped off the radar just over an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport en route to Beijing.
Most of the passengers were Chinese nationals, but also included dozens of Malaysians. Other victims came from Australia, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, the Netherlands and the United States.
The lack of closure has brought endless heartache to families of the 239 people who disappeared with the airliner – and has spurred a cottage industry in spin-off books, blogs and documentaries, some well-researched, many spurious.
