Mh370: Families Say Search Suspension For Malaysian Plane 'irresponsible'

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38647365

I have some sympathy with people who have lost loved ones in air-crashes, but, dear God......this happened 3 years ago !

What on earth is the point in continuing to look for the ruddy plane ?

[mikey4444]

The Ben Needham anology is daft. If he were lost in an accident over the ocean, nobody would be looking for him now. There is a feint, I admit, chance that Ben is still alive.....there is no such chance with the passengers of the MH370.

[ummmm]

Mikey - that's not the point. Parents don't give up hope.

[Mamyalynne]

I cannot begin to put myself in the mindset of the families nor would I wish to ever know how they feel.

For that reason I can't criticise them.

[Sqad]

Yes, the families have every right to their opinion, but the practicality is, do you keep spending money for ever? When does one call a halt and i would assume that the majority of folks would say "enough is enough".
Tough i know, but they are the facts as i see them.

[mushroom25]

//.....there is no such chance with the passengers of the MH370. //

no. but there is a chance - if the wreck can be found - that the flight recorders will indicate the true cause, rather than all the "pilot killed himself" speculation. in the case of AF447, it was believed initially - because all the BEA had to go on was a string of error messages transmitted from the plane - the cause was a technical failure. when the CVR was finally recovered 2 years later it was discovered the accident was caused by the pilots themselves, reacting inappropriately to a set of circumstances for which they'd not been adequately trained.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah I was gonna say that sqad

but I couldnt resist adding bits to give it some colour ( or substance ) on the way

[ummmm]

Sqad - I think we can all agree with that but reading the OP it sounds completely heartless.

[mikey4444]

Talbot....there has been no new evidence surrounding Maddie for some time.

When there is I am sure the investigation will be re-opened.

There has been no new evidence about MH370 either. Its time to call it a day.

[Prudie]

See if it were one of my family I wouldn't be 100% sure they're not on a desert island somewhere and I think some of the families do believe that. I noticed on the news the other day that even the found wreckage was described as 'possibly' from MH370. Even that hasn't been confirmed it seems.
You can't imagine the lack of peace unless you've experienced such a loss.

[mikey4444]

Prudie....Be realistic.....these passengers are not alive and well on a island somewhere !

[-Talbot-]

You be realistic ... you are not in their shoes.

[Sqad]

Prudie

\\\\You can't imagine the lack of peace unless you've experienced such a loss. \\\

No I can't, but that empathy comes into play at the outset of the tragedy and slowly dissipates over time to be replaced sometime in the future by realistic practicalities and in my opinion we have come to that point.

[mikey4444]

Worth another BA Sqad....a sensible, non-emotional response.

[Prudie]

I agree that from an objective viewpoint there has to be a point when no more money is spent but Mikey you've worded your OP as if to say they're dead, quit whining and deal with it. I tend to agree with the families, an explanation is needed for the flying public. 3 years is no time at all to investigate this event.
Oh - and did no-one watch Lost?

[-Talbot-]

I'm not emotional but I would be if a member of my family was on that flight.

And I would want answers.

[mikey4444]

Prudie......I can't find anywhere where I have used those words, or the sentiments assigned to them. Read what Sqad has to say.

By the way "Lost" was a piece if highly entertaining fiction, and it was only ever hat.....not the truth in any way. If some or all of those passengers were alive on a secret island somewhere, we would have found them by now.

But that would mean that Hollywood was real, wouldn't it ?

[-Talbot-]

Air Force Flight 571

[Sqad]

Talbot

\\\\And I would want answers.\\\
Well that may well be true, but after 3 years of constant searching and millions of pounds spent.....there are no answers.
Some poor sucker has to say "We are pulling the plug." Some people will agree, some people wont, but a decision has to be made....and it has been.

[Prudie]

Mikey "dear God......this happened 3 years ago ! What on earth is the point in continuing to look for the ruddy plane ?" reads to me in exactly the same tone as "they're dead, quit whining and deal with it."

[mikey4444]

Talbot.....yet another very poor and entirely inappropriate analogy I'm afraid !

Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes in October 1972 and were found in December 1972. The plane didn't crash into an unknown part of a vast ocean. This plane was found.......MH370 hasn't been found.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571