Conflicting messages on plane part frustrate Flight 370 families

The Malaysian government was certain: The airplane part found on an Indian Ocean island came from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Investigators in France weren’t so sure yet. And those differing approaches created confusion and anguish Thursday for the families of those aboard the ill-fated flight. The dissonant comments infuriated many relatives of the 239 people on board the plane, who have waited more than 500 days for concrete clues about the fate of their loved ones. Dai Shuqin, the sister of a passenger, was among about a dozen Chinese relatives who held a demonstration outside Malaysia Airlines’ offices in Beijing.

France is being cautious about it, but Malaysia is desperate to put an end to this case and run away from all responsibilities.

Dai Shuqin, the sister of a passenger

It is not known why Flight 370 — less than an hour into its journey — turned back from its original flight path and headed in the opposite direction before turning again and flying south over the Indian Ocean for hours. A six-week air and sea search covering 1.8 million square miles of the southern Indian Ocean surface last year failed to find any trace of the jetliner. The Reunion Island debris would support the working theory that the jet went down in the Indian Ocean and the debris was carried west by the current.

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