Putrajaya: A seven-nation investigation has failed to discover what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 327 days after the plane disappeared over the South China Sea in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation says both safety and criminal investigations have been limited by a lack of physical evidence, particularly the plane's flight recorders.
"Therefore at this juncture there is no evidence to substantiate any speculations as to the cause of the accident," said Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the department's director-general.
Families waiting anxiously for any developments in the investigation were bitterly disappointed when Mr Azharuddin made the most comprehensive statement on the investigation in months.
The department formally declared the disappearance an "accident," a move that will open the way for the victims' family members to receive compensation.
'It is therefore, with the heaviest heart and deepest sorrow that, on behalf of the Government of Malaysia, we officially declare that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident … and that all 239 of the passengers and crew on board are presumed to have lost their lives," Mr Azharuddin said.
29/01/15 Lindsay Murdoch/Fairfax Media/Sydney Morning Herald
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Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation says both safety and criminal investigations have been limited by a lack of physical evidence, particularly the plane's flight recorders.
"Therefore at this juncture there is no evidence to substantiate any speculations as to the cause of the accident," said Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the department's director-general.
Families waiting anxiously for any developments in the investigation were bitterly disappointed when Mr Azharuddin made the most comprehensive statement on the investigation in months.
The department formally declared the disappearance an "accident," a move that will open the way for the victims' family members to receive compensation.
'It is therefore, with the heaviest heart and deepest sorrow that, on behalf of the Government of Malaysia, we officially declare that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident … and that all 239 of the passengers and crew on board are presumed to have lost their lives," Mr Azharuddin said.
29/01/15 Lindsay Murdoch/Fairfax Media/Sydney Morning Herald
