Missing since 2014

Flight MH370: 500 relatives now call for a new search

Around 500 relatives and their supporters gathered at a shopping center near the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Sunday for a day of remembrance.(Bild: AFP)

Hundreds of relatives of passengers from flight MH370 have called for a new search for the Malaysian plane that has been missing for almost ten years. Around 500 relatives and their supporters gathered at a shopping center near the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Sunday for a day of remembrance.

Some came from China, where almost two thirds of the plane's passengers were from.

"Emotional rollercoaster ride"
"The past ten years have been a continuous emotional rollercoaster for me," said Grace Nathan, a 36-year-old lawyer whose mother was on board the plane. She called for a new search, "MH370 is not history".

"Where is the plane?"
67-year-old Liu Shuang Fong from China, who lost her son, demanded "justice" for him. "Where is the plane?" she asked, continuing, "The search must continue."

Boeing 777 suddenly disappeared from radar screens
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 239 people on board suddenly disappeared from radar screens on March 8, 2014 on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No trace of the wreckage was found during an underwater search of an area covering 120,000 square kilometers.

At the beginning of 2017, Australia, Malaysia and China then suspended the largest search operation in the history of aviation. The fate of flight MH370 remains one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history.