Malaysian Transport Minister, Liow Lai, confirmed the decision to suspend the search.
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The younger brother of passenger Muzi Yusop said a better explanation should be given to the families on the suspension of the operation other than news reports that the search was made in the wrong location.
“If for any reason an immediate extension of search activities can not be carried out, then the search should merely be suspended, not abandoned in totality”, Voice 370 said.
The Boeing 777 vanished March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard, mostly Chinese nationals, in what remains one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. The FBI was able to recover data points from the program that pointed to the southern Indian Ocean.
“I was hoping that the government would announce the search would be continued in a new location, but instead announced that all efforts to search for MH370 would be suspended”. “We want them to be doing something in the interim to look for new information”.
“It is in a very big volume, so it will take some time”, he said. “There’s no difference. There was no convincing and solid evidence in the past 867 days, and that’s even with the search”. If it wasn’t found soon, they would halt the search, officials said. “That’s it. This is it”. But they agreed July 22 only to suspend the search if that is what happens. Family members of those aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 today alleged that they were closeted away by airline officials who prevented them from meeting the transport ministers of Malaysia, China, and Australia.
“China, you could do more. We understand this will be a hard time for them and we are committed to doing everything within our means to assist”, said Liow at a joint press conference here.
The confidential document summarizes Malaysia’s police investigation into Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the captain of the plane that has been missing for more than two years.
“This country and its leadership have wealthy friends”.
“What can I say”. The multi-million dollar effort consisted of several ships with special equipment scanning sections of the sea floor.
K.S. Narenderan, whose wife was on the flight, told AP he still felt encouraged. “The debris can not tell us where the plane is”.
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As the months have turned to years, the investigation has continued: worldwide aviation authorities, reporters, and scientists have developed theories while trying to follow clues to the missing Boeing 777.
