When a piece of plane debris was found last week on a remote French island in the Indian Ocean, family members of Chinese passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 made it clear what they expected: Certainty.
In a nearly 17-month-long search that has been plagued with false alarms, the relatives hoped to avoid yet more agonizing confusion. Was the wing component the first piece of physical evidence to be recovered from the missing Malaysian aircraft or not?
"We do not want to hear guarantees of 99% likelihood from certain authorities," the Chinese families said in a statement. "We need confirmation of 100% certainty."
But between the announcements from Malaysian and French authorities about the origin of the object, which was discovered on Reunion Island, the relatives have once again been left with some room for uncertainty.
And Thursday brought more confusion.
Malaysia's transport ministry said a search team on Reunion Island found airplane window parts, seat cushions and aluminum material from an aircraft.
Press secretary Lim Chau Leng added that the parts needed to be studied further to see where they came from and if they were connected to MH370.
But officials in Australia have said there is no indication so far of any new aircraft debris.
06/08/15 Jethro Mullen and Catherine E. Shoichet/CNN
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In a nearly 17-month-long search that has been plagued with false alarms, the relatives hoped to avoid yet more agonizing confusion. Was the wing component the first piece of physical evidence to be recovered from the missing Malaysian aircraft or not?
"We do not want to hear guarantees of 99% likelihood from certain authorities," the Chinese families said in a statement. "We need confirmation of 100% certainty."
But between the announcements from Malaysian and French authorities about the origin of the object, which was discovered on Reunion Island, the relatives have once again been left with some room for uncertainty.
And Thursday brought more confusion.
Malaysia's transport ministry said a search team on Reunion Island found airplane window parts, seat cushions and aluminum material from an aircraft.
Press secretary Lim Chau Leng added that the parts needed to be studied further to see where they came from and if they were connected to MH370.
But officials in Australia have said there is no indication so far of any new aircraft debris.
06/08/15 Jethro Mullen and Catherine E. Shoichet/CNN
