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the Sun newspaper6 March 2015

Friday

INTRODUCTION disappeared on 8 March

2014 flying from Kuala Lumpur

International Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing

carrying 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 15 nations

INTRODUCTION

All 12 crew members were Malaysian citizens. Two pilots were among the crew

pilot in command was 53-year-old Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah from Penang

Malaysia Airlines issued a media statement at 07:24, one hour after the scheduled arrival time of the flight at Beijing, stating that contact with the flight had been lost by Malaysian ATC at 02:40 and that the government had initiated search and rescue operations

THE AIRCRAFT The Boeing 777, introduced in

1994, is generally regarded by aviation experts as having a safety record that is one of the best of any commercial aircraft

Since its first commercial flight in June 1995, there have been only four other serious accidents involving hull-loss

SEARCH

The initial search area in Southeast Asia

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION Malaysia set up a Joint Investigation Team

(JIT), composed of specialists from Malaysia, Australia, China, the UK, the US, and France

aircraft and satellite experts: Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK), Boeing (US), Defence Science and Technology Organisation

(Australia), Department of Civil Aviation (Malaysia), Inmarsat (UK), National Transportation Safety Board (US)

MALAYSIA AIRLINES

A month after the disappearance, Malaysia Airlines' chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya acknowledged that ticket sales had declined

In China, where the majority of passengers were from, bookings on Malaysia Airlines were down 60 percent in March

Malaysia Airlines retired the Flight 370 (MH370) flight number and replaced it with Flight 318 (MH318) beginning 14 March

The flight Malaysia Airline's second daily flight to Beijing was later suspended beginning 2 May, due to lack of demand

COMPENSATION

Malaysia Airlines would still be vulnerable to civil lawsuits from passengers' families

regardless of fault, to a payment of approximately US$175,000 from the airline's insurance company—a total of nearly US$40 million for the 227 passengers on board

The first lawsuit related to the disappearance was filed in October 2014–before Flight 370 was declared an accident–on behalf of two Malaysian boys whose father was a passenger for negligence in failing to contact the aircraft soon after it was lost and for breach of contract for failing to bring the passenger to his destination

Malaysian Airlines offered ex gratia condolence payments soon after the disappearance

In China, families of passengers were offered ¥31,000 (about US$5,000) "comfort money but some families rejected the offer

Malaysia's deputy Foreign Minister Hamzah Zainuddin said that families of seven passengers received $50,000 advance compensation from Malaysia Airlines

but that full payout would come after the aircraft is found or officially declared lost

BOYCOTTS

Some Chinese have boycotted all things Malaysian, including vacations and singers, in protest of Malaysia's handling of the Flight 370 investigation

Bookings on Malaysia Airlines from China, where the majority of passengers were from, were down 60 percent in March

The boycotts have largely been led or supported by celebrities

Film star Chen Kun posted a message to Weibo where he has 70 million followers

The post was shared over 70,000 times and drew over 30,000 comments

“I...will start a boycott from my inner heart on any commercials and travel relating to Malaysia. This will last...until the Malaysian government takes down their clown-like mask and tells the truth”

Over 337,000 people retweeted a tweet from TV host Meng Fei , which said "I’ve never been to Malaysia and I do not plan to go there in the future. If you feel the same, please retweet this message

Coincidentally, China and Malaysia had dubbed 2014 to be the "Malaysia–China Friendship Year" to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries