The Voice 370 comments were backed by the girlfriend of an American passenger on the flight, which disappeared March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
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“If permission to file or prosecute cases against MAS is withheld, we will not just lose our rights to justice, but will also have to shoulder additional losses, including the amount utilised for lawyers, court fees and time, not to mention the emotional heartache we have been enduring for nearly two years now”, said the statement.
The suit was filed against Malaysia Airlines and eight others from the government over the disappearance of flight MH370 which is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean two years ago two years ago, The Malaysian Insider reported.
Apart from MAS and MAB, the family also named Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and its director-general, Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, Immigration Department of Malaysia and its director-general Datuk Aloyah Mamat, Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) and its chief General Tan Sri Rodzali Daud and the Malaysian government as defendants.
“The family has been waiting for answers and the plane to be discovered but to no avail”, he told The Malaysian Insider.
Separately, Jennifer Chong, 48, the Australian wife of Chong Ling Tan, a passenger who was on-board the missing aircraft has filed a lawsuit in the Victorian Supreme Court in Australia.
He said 42 collected “full compensation” so far, without giving details.
In a statement, the administrators of Malaysia Airlines said the carrier “remains committed to continue engaging with next of kin in good faith with regard to ensuring a fair and equitable compensation”.
The airline, says Mrs Chong, breached its duty of care to her husband and could not prove his death was not due to their negligence ‘or other wrongful act’.
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The plaintiffs are seeking damages for, among others, loss of support, nervous shock and bereavement. The current search for the MH370 wreckage is expected to end by June or July. “What happens if the civil aviation department or the air force was found to be at fault and we didn’t name them in the suit?” he said.
