Families to hunt for MH370 debris

KUALA LUMPUR: The families of those onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said they will mount a debris-hunting trip to Madagascar to search for clues to what happened to the missing plane.

Investigators have identified six pieces of wreckage to have either definitely or almost certainly come from the jet, which vanished with 239 people while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.

Voice 370, a family association, said the debris collected so far had all been found off Africa’s east coast.

“Despite these hugely important finds, there has been no systematic, organised search by any responsible party. This leaves the (next of kin) no other choice except to take it upon ourselves to do something to find answers and closure,” it said.

An ongoing search in the southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is believed to have crashed, has been fruitless and could be suspended soon.

Grace Subathirai Nathan, whose mother Anne Daisy was on the flight, said she would be going to Madagascar with three other Malaysians, two Chinese and a French next of kin.

She said the group was financing the Dec 3 to 11 trip out of their own pockets. — AP