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Chinese families of Malaysian flight MH370 victims urge new search after experts say plane could be found ‘within days’
- French aviation insiders say their research shows renewed hunt could find Malaysia Airlines jet, which disappeared almost a decade ago
- The announcement prompts relatives of missing Chinese passengers to call for more efforts using latest information and technology
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Relatives of Chinese passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 refreshed their call to resume the search for the aircraft after two French experts claimed renewed efforts could find the plane “within days”.
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Earlier this week, aerospace expert Jean-Luc Marchand and pilot Patrick Blelly said the mystery of the missing plane could be solved in a matter of days if there was a new search, based on their research.
The pair said the plane’s transponder was turned off and that the U-turn it took away from the flight path could not have been carried out by autopilot.
Jiang Hui, whose mother Jiang Cuiyun was on the flight, told the Post that searching for the missing plane had always been the family’s “core pursuit”.
“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.
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“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”.
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