Relatives of MH370 passengers have bitterly criticised the beleaguered Malaysia Airlines after an official reportedly said authorities would set a date to announce the plane “lost”, with an industry source saying such a declaration would see the search called off.
Both Malaysia Airlines and officials in Australia — which is leading the search for the missing jet far off its western coast — have denied the reported comments by the carrier´s commercial director Hugh Dunleavy.
But Voice370, an association of MH370 victims´ relatives, said in a statement late Monday that it was “bewildered” by the report last week.
“Such unilateral declaration brings intense agony and confusions to family members and makes us lose faith in the search effort,” it said.
