The morning of November 27, 2023, Malaysia Airlines MH370 lost related cases in Chaoyang District People’s Court officially opened hearing, the case for the “air transport damage liability disputes”. 27 morning at 8 o’clock, the poster news reporter in front of the Chaoyang District People’s Court to see that a number of families of the missing passengers have been waiting for the opening of the court, which There is no lack of elderly people.
On March 8, 2014, Flight MH370 carrying 239 people (including 153 people from mainland China and 1 person from Taiwan) was lost on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, which is known as “the biggest mystery in aviation history”.On January 29, 2015, the Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) announced that the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had crashed and presumed that the 239 passengers on board had been lost. It is presumed that all 239 passengers and crew on board were killed.
Over the years, this incident has always touched the hearts of countless people in the country. Many families of the missing passengers have never given up searching for their loved ones, and many of them have traveled to Malaysia, Australia, Madagascar, and other places to look for them, while also hoping to seek justice through legal channels to promote the search.
After nearly a decade, they are finally waiting for the case to begin. “It’s been nearly 10 years since the incident, and I’ve received my first notice of an official court hearing.” In mid-November, a number of family members of the lost Chinese passengers were notified of the official court hearing. It is reported that the cases of about 40 families of the lost Chinese passengers will be held in court from Nov. 27 to Dec. 6 at the Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing.
“Each family has different claims and demands different amounts of compensation, and no one will represent anyone, so it’s each passenger’s family member who will have separate hearings.” According to some of the families of the plaintiffs of Malaysia Airlines, Zhang Qihuai disclosed that the defendants in this trial there are five companies: the first party is the reorganization of the former Malaysia Airlines, the second party is the reorganization of the new Malaysia Airlines, the third party is the aircraft manufacturer Boeing, the fourth party is the aircraft engine manufacturing company Rolls-Royce UK, and the last party is the underwriting of Germany’s Allianz Insurance Group for the Malaysian Airline.
Many of the families of the missing passengers, whether in interviews or on social media platforms, have said that “finding people is always the first demand”. At the same time, in addition to requesting the responsible party to make positive compensation, they also hope that the official establishment of a search fund, the families to continue to monitor the search for their missing relatives, to resume psychological assistance to the families of the missing passengers, to restore the liaison organization with the families, and so on.
The families of the missing passengers have expressed the hope that a final or intermediate judgment will be rendered as soon as possible in order to alleviate the difficulties of the families in their existential circumstances, to comfort the deceased who have died in peace over the past decade, to punish the perpetrators and the perpetrators, to promote the search, to promote the progress of the incident, and to fulfill the ultimate wish of the families to “find them by all means”.