Malaysian authorities released a final report on Monday into the disappearance of the Boeing 777 on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014. Families of those onboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are disappointed at the lack of new information in the report.
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Loved ones wept after leaving the briefing at the Malaysian Ministry of Transport.
"The team is unable to determine the real cause for disappearance of MH370," Kok Soo Chon, head of the MH370 safety investigation team, told reporters.
He opened the press conference by saying this report was not the final one, but later clarified his statement by saying that this is only because they have not found any victims or most of the wreckage.
"The answer can only be conclusive if the wreckage is found," he said. "As far as our team is concerned, our work is done, we have released the report."
He also said there may have been outside interference with the plane, but investigators did not know for sure.
"We are unable to determine with any certainty the reasons that the aircraft diverted from its filed flight plan route," he said. "The lack of evidence includes recording devices that could indicate why the aircraft had flown to the Southern Indian Ocean."
Questions remain over why it took hours for authorities to raise the alarm, and why they spent eight days looking in the wrong spot. The families have also complained that no representatives from the search team nor the Ministry of Transport were on hand at the briefing to answer questions.
The report comes two months after Malaysia called off a privately funded underwater search for the aircraft carrying 239 people. The report highlighted mistakes and protocols and guidelines that were not followed, the families told reporters after a briefing on the report.
