Malaysia marks first anniversary of the disappearance of the flight MH370

 

Malaysians are marking the first anniversary of the disappearance of the flight MH370

Relatives of the 239 missing passengers and crew are holding a series of memorial events in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

On Sunday March 08,2015, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that his country remained committed to finding MH370.
"No words can describe the pain the families of those on board are going through. The lack of answers and definitive proof - such as aircraft wreckage - has made this more difficult to bear."
He said that the search team had followed the "little evidence that exists" but remained "hopeful" that the plane would be found.

Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that he was confident that the plane would be found in the southern Indian Ocean.
Liow Tiong Lai promised his government would continue to back the search and said he was confident they could complete the search operation "hopefully by May this year".


The International Search Team is focusing on an area of the southern Indian Ocean, approximately 1,600km (1,000 miles) off the coast of western Australia.

• Search vessels are focused on a 60,000 sq km (23,166 sq m) priority zone; more than 40% of the area has been scoured to date

• Cost of A$120m (£61m; US$93m) has been jointly funded by Australia and Malaysia

The search team is due to release an interim report about MH370 later today.

On Sunday March 08,2015, the families of missing cabin crew members held a remembrance ceremony at the house of missing in-flight supervisor Patrick Gomez. "We're always thinking exactly what happened on that day itself, you know the conversations that we were having, the tears, the hugs that we were giving each other," said his wife, Jacquita Gonzales

Note

The Malaysian government has officially declared the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 08, 2014, an accident.

Despite an extensive international search in the southern Indian Ocean, no trace of the aircraft has been found. Officials confirmed that the recovery operation was ongoing but that the 239 people onboard are now presumed dead.