Politics | May 28, 2017 by | 0 Comments
Three years ago, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 along with 239 passengers disappeared while flying above the South China Sea. It is widely believed that the aircraft crashed into the southern Indian Ocean, but there are is much evidence and analysis that does not lend itself to this established theory.
Early on 8 March 2014, Fight MH370 (Boeing 777-200ER), heading from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared. The incident has almost faded into oblivion as the unsuccessful search for the aircraft culminated in January of this year.
What Happened to Our Loved Ones?
For people who lost family members in the incident, however, this case is far from closed.There was a passenger on the MH370 named Chandrika Sharma from Chennai, India. She was an executive of the International Collective in Support of Fish workers (ICSF), and was heading to Mongolia for a conference.
Until moments before departure Chandrika was talking with her husband Narendran about their plans to build a dream house in the Nilgiri Hills. They had also planned a family trip to Europe with their daughter upon Chandrika’s return.
“It has been 3 years since the incident, but the sorrow of my wife’s disappearance is still fresh in my mind,” Narendran told The Liberty. “Every day I feel the difficulties of facing reality. Victim’s families cannot move on without clear information on what exactly happened to the plane.”
Narendran and his family, Chandrika is on the right.
Malaysian authorities explain that the flight made a sudden turn-around above the South China Sea and flew in the opposite direction from the planned route before crashing into the southern Indian Ocean. The search of the southern Indian Ocean was called off without any results.Families responded at the March memorial gathering in Malaysia this year, demanding the recommencement of investigations. Later that month in South Carolina, U.S.A., families filed a lawsuit against the Malaysian government and Boeing.
More and more voices are demanding the truth behind the incident, while Malaysia Airlines and government authorities continue to refuse to disclose information regarding MH370.
What Happened to MH370 on That Day?
Najib & cousin Hishammuddin Hussein at MH370 press conference
Let us review what we know about Flight MH370 and things related to it up and until January of this year.
Flight MH370, which departed Kuala Lumpur airport at 0:41am on 8 March 2014, was steady on its course until around 1:21am, 40 minutes after takeoff. This was when the aircraft disappeared from the radar of Malaysian air traffic control and Thailand’s military radar almost simultaneously.
What was strange was Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s reaction. He held the first press conference on the 15th, one week after the disappearance of the aircraft, and suggested the possibility that the plane was hijacked or there were problems with the pilot. After this, the press began spreading groundless theories such as the pilot had wanted to commit suicide, or that it must have been a terrorist incident. Various theories on what happened to MH370 have spread all over the world.
On 24 March, the Malaysian government concluded that the aircraft crashed into the southern Indian Ocean based on a new data analysis by British satellite telecommunications company ‘Inmarsat’. After that, some pieces of debris were actually found in the southern Indian Ocean, and the Malaysian government strangely announced that they belonged to MH370 without official confirmation by the investigation team.
These actions by the government made it look as if they were trying to shift attention away from the South China Sea to the southern Indian Ocean and close the case as quickly as possible. Investigations ended in January 2017, leaving the incident still unresolved.
– http://eng.the-liberty.com
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