Daughter of Malaysian MH370 passenger describes being tormented by questions

Kuala Lumpur, Mar 8 (EFE). —  On the twoyear anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the relatives of the 50 Malaysian passengers on board say they cannot recover from the tragedy until they know what happened to their loved ones.

“We want to know what their last hours were like on the plane, were they awake or sleeping? Did they know what was happening?” said Grace Subathirai Nathan, whose mother Anne Daisy was traveling on the flight that vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.

“Until these questions are answered, our concerns will not be put to bed,” said Nathan, explaining that time has not eased the emotional trauma that torments many of the families, and every month that passes without more information further erodes the victims’ trust in the government.

“We don’t know what to think, everyday we live in the dark.”

Nathan says she is also frustrated that the Malaysian government has not kept families updated on the multinational investigation, in which 120,000 sq. kilometers of the Indian Ocean are being searched and less than a week ago a piece of debris, suspected of being part of the Boeing 777, was found in Mozambique.

“Don’t treat us like outsiders. Inform us at the right time, don’t just tell the press and don’t leave us to be the last people to hear about something,” she said.

In Kuala Lumpur today members of parliament observed a moment of silence in a gesture of mourning for the 239 people on board the plane, which vanished from radar screens one hour after departing from Kuala Lumpur in what is one of the most baffling and tragic events in aviation history.