The family members of MH370 victims are clueless as to why Malaysia is not accepting the proposal by the US seabed exploration firm Ocean Infinity, to search for the aircraft which went missing three years ago. The Boeing 777 jet carrying 239 passengers went missing during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.
A Malaysian lawyer Grace S.Nathan, whose mother Anne Daisy was on board the plane, said Malaysia as the primary principle decision maker of this mission should make a positive move in the search initiative in order to decode what actually would have transpired. Grace still wants relevant authorities to take proactive steps in conducting the search for the MH370 aircraft.
"We (the families) wants the search to continue. It has been very long. Everything needs to be proportionate. Now, we are still clueless. We don't understand why Malaysia is not accepting the offer. Malaysia has to be responsible legally and financially," Grace told The ASEAN Post.
Voice370, the Association for Families of the Passengers and Crew on board MH370, in a statement, said that it has been more than four months now since Ocean Infinity first made the offer to carry out the search with a fee payable contingent upon success. They believe this offer should be accepted without further delay.
Malaysia, Australia and China own an interest in the outcome of the search. As the owner of the plane, Malaysia remains principally responsible to fund, search and retrieve MH370. On the other hand, for China, most of the passengers were Chinese nationals. As for Australia, the search region is in their territory.
The association wants the Malaysian government to keep them informed on the MH370 search routine, namely when a decision on the proposal can be expected, the evaluation criteria used for this process, the details of the proposal from Ocean Infinity, what constitutes success and qualifies for a fee payable should the search be successful, as well as what are Malaysia's and its partners plan for recovery.