Chinese families of Malaysian flight MH370 victims urge new search after experts say plane could be found ‘within days’

“There are now new technologies that can pinpoint new positions. I think they are all worth a try,” he said.

But Song Chunjie, a relative of another victim, said it was useless for individual experts to call for a search.

“Launching a new search should be led by the Malaysian government, because it would cost a lot of money and they need to hire a professional rescue and search team,” he said.
Song said he believed in the professionalism of Ocean Infinity, a US-based marine robotics company that embarked on a three-month search for the Boeing 777-200ER jet in 2018. He added that professional equipment and experience was needed for the search “and the rest is nonsense”.

On the evening of March 8, 2014, the Malaysia Airlines jet with 239 people on board – including more than 150 Chinese nationals – left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing then vanished from radar screens about two hours after its departure.

Massive search operations involving several countries were conducted in the southern Indian Ocean, but neither the plane nor its wreckage was found.

But the families have never given up hope and the pursuit of the truth.

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Families of MH370 victims call for resumption of search nearly a decade after flight disappearance

Families of MH370 victims call for resumption of search nearly a decade after flight disappearance

Last month, a Beijing court heard claims for compensation for relatives of more than 40 missing passengers against Malaysia Airlines, its insurer, Boeing and the manufacturer of the plane’s engine.

Their demands include compensation, an apology, psychological help as well as a fund to continue the search.

Jiang said he had not yet heard any results from the case and would check with the court again after the holidays.

“Our slogan for the 10th anniversary is still ‘reboot the search’,” he said.

For nearly a decade, Jiang has helped organise families on the social media platform WeChat, talked to the media and pushed for progress in finding the plane. He has even visited search teams in Australia and travelled to Mauritius, Madagascar and Réunion to look for debris.

He has studied plane crashes and mechanical failures, sharing his knowledge on social media and reaching out to the relatives of crash victims.

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