Relatives of passengers on missing
Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 have launched a $5-million
fundraiser in a bid for information on the whereabouts of the
plane.
Families fear a cover-up in the case of the Boeing
777-200ER that vanished without trace on March 8 with 239 people
on board, and hope the "Reward MH370" campaign might "encourage
a whistle-blower to come forward".
"We are convinced that somewhere, someone knows something,
and we hope this reward will entice him or her to come forward,"
project leader Ethan Hunt is cited by international media as
saying.
Flight MH370 is thought to have crashed in the southern
Indian Ocean after disappearing from radar screens en route from
Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
However, despite extensive searches so far no debris has
been found.
"Governments and agencies have given it their best shot but
have failed to turn up a single shred of evidence, either
because of a faulty approach or due to intentional misdirection
by one or more individuals," Sarah Bajc, the partner of an
American passenger, Philip Wood, is quoted as saying.
The campaign, operating through the fundraising website
Indiegogo, aims to help look at the unprecedented aviation
mystery with "a fresh set of eyes", Bajc added.
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