The disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner is an "unprecedented aviation mystery", a senior official said today Mon Mar. 10, with a massive air and sea search now in its third day failing to find any confirmed trace of the plane or the 239 people aboard.
The head of Malaysia's Civil Aviation Authority, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, said a hijacking attempt could not be ruled out as investigators explore all theories for the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 en route to Beijing.
"Unfortunately we have not found anything that appears to be objects from the aircraft, let alone the aircraft," he told a news conference.
"As far as we are concerned, we have to find the aircraft, we have to find a piece of the aircraft if possible."
As dozens of ships and aircraft from seven countries scour the seas around Malaysia and south of Vietnam, questions mounted over possible security lapses and whether a bomb or hijacking attempt could have brought down the Boeing 777-200ER airliner.
Hopes for a breakthrough rose briefly when Vietnam scrambled helicopters to investigate a floating yellow object it was thought could have been a life raft. But the country's Civil Aviation Authority said on its website that the object turned out to be a "moss-covered cap of a cable reel".
Interpol confirmed on Sunday at least two passengers used stolen passports and said it was checking whether others aboard had used false identity documents.
Nearly three days after the missing Malaysia Airlines jet to Beijing disappeared, relatives say the airline is not doing enough to help them. They have called on the Chinese government to step in to help co-ordinate.
Malaysia airlines has asked family members to fly to Kuala Lumpur, but many in China say they are reluctant to do that.
“We don’t want to go to Malaysia now. There is no result from the search operation yet. If we go to Malaysia, we can do nothing but wait, just like what we are doing in Beijing now. If we go to Malaysia, who can we rely on? most of us don’t speak English. We are in China now and the Malaysia Airlines people still treat us with such a bad attitude. If we go to Malaysia, will they take care of us? I doubt it,”
said Guo Qishun, whose son-in-law was on the missing flight.
Anopther man, whose brother is missing, said they were desperate for answers:“Of course I’m not satisfied. All of us family members are very upset. What we want is a clear answer. It’s been such a long time, and we still have no answers.”
In a statement, Malaysia Airlines said their primary focus at the moment was to care for the families of passengers.
At Kuala Lumpur airport it appeared to be business as usual today Monday March the 10th.
The Malysian government has said it will review all protocols at the airport and would look at increasing security if needed.
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