Almost ten years after the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 of the company Malaysia Airlinesa court of Beijing A process began on Monday to decide an eventual compensation at families of the victims of Chinese nationality.
The plane disappeared on March 8, 2014 after taking off from Kuala Lumpur Course to Beijing. Some were found in the Indian Ocean remains that looked like the aircraft, but no trace of the 239 passengersmostly chinese.
The maritime search, the most important in history, was interrupted almost three years later, in January 2017, reported the AFP news agency. The causes of this disappearance, the greatest mystery of modern civil aviationare the subject of multiple speculations.
On Monday morning, the victims’ families were outside the district court of Chaoyang in Beijing: “Ten years later the court hearing is finally opening. For us it is very comforting and represents a inflection point“he told AFP Jiang Huiwhose mother was traveling in the MH370.
“Ten years, it was really unbearable for us”the family members, added and warned about the “deterioration of living conditions” of some, deprived of the financial support of the missing person.
“Thus, I hope that legal help can be granted as soon as possible“, said Jiangwearing a white hat with the words “Pray for MH370”.
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Missing plane: agreements and complaints against Malaysia Airlines
According to state television CCTV, more than 40 families of missing persons presented a complaint against Malaysia Airlinesthe aircraft manufacturer Boeingthat of the engines (Rolls-Royce) and the insurance company Allianz.
The complaints concern the compensation and the search for explanations in this case, indicated Zhang Qihuai, a lawyer quoted by CCTV. Each family claims between 10 and 80 million yuan (US$1.4 to 11.2 million) as well as a compensation for moral damages from among 30 and 40 million yuan (US$4.2 to 5.6 million), CCTV indicated.
The families of 110 other passengers they have already reached a agreement with the defense and obtained between 2.5 and 3 million yuan (US$350,000 to 420,000), according to the same source.
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Theories about the disappearance of the plane
In 2018, a private American firm resumed the search To find the MH370 in a new area of about 25,000 square kilometers, but unsuccessfully.
As the years went by, different theories to try to explain the disappearance of the plane, described as “almost inconceivable” by the Australian researchers who coordinated the first searches. Among the theories is the pilot suicidea accident at sea or a missile shot.
Some families of the victims accused the airline and the Malaysian government of hide information about the tragedy, although these they reject.
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