MH370: Check Kandahar, say family members
PETALING JAYA: Family members of the missing MH370
flight passengers want the government to investigate claims that the missing
flight is in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
There are reports that the plane is in the South Asian
country and it quoted Russian intelligence agency as the source.
The request was made by the next of kin in a letter
dated April 14 and is addressed to Acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin
Hussein. A copy was also forwarded to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
“We are aware that Government of Malaysia is currently
focusing its search effort in South Indian Ocean based on the data supplied by
Inmarsat. However, we are entering the 37th day without success in finding any
physical evidence in this area.
“Hence, it is high time that the Government should
start thinking out of the box by exploring and re-examining all leads, new and
old.
“Based on this spirit, we respectfully request your
kind consideration to re-engage the Russian and Afghanistan governments in
order to examine and verify the claim that MH370 landed in Afghanistan.
“We are confident that the Malaysian government will
find that this path is worth exploring considering the lives of 239 passengers
and crew on board MH370,” said the next of kin in the letter that was published
on Facebook.
The MAS flight bound for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur
International Airport had gone missing from radar on March 8.
Search efforts have been focused in the southern part
of the Indian Ocean but to date nothing related to MH370 has been found.
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