Ever since a part from a Boeing 777 was found on Reunion Island last week, Grace Subithirai Nathan has been exchanging online messages through the night from Kuala Lumpur with loved ones of those on board Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
"Everybody is really anxious. No one is sleeping," said Nathan, whose mother was on board the plane that disappeared in March 2014. "Before this, a lot of us thought it would be good to find something and have closure. But we would rather they're still alive somewhere."
The week-long wait for testing that can determine whether the Boeing 777 part came from MH370 is prolonging the uncertainty for friends and relatives of the disappeared. In nearly 17 months since the plane vanished with 239 people on board, no physical remnants of the aircraft have been identified.
"Finding what appears to be a part of the plane raises the level of hope for families, but it doesn't solve the problem," said Geoffrey Glassock, a psychologist who has counselled people bereaved because of the 2002 Bali bombings and 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
05/08/15 NZ Herald
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"Everybody is really anxious. No one is sleeping," said Nathan, whose mother was on board the plane that disappeared in March 2014. "Before this, a lot of us thought it would be good to find something and have closure. But we would rather they're still alive somewhere."
The week-long wait for testing that can determine whether the Boeing 777 part came from MH370 is prolonging the uncertainty for friends and relatives of the disappeared. In nearly 17 months since the plane vanished with 239 people on board, no physical remnants of the aircraft have been identified.
"Finding what appears to be a part of the plane raises the level of hope for families, but it doesn't solve the problem," said Geoffrey Glassock, a psychologist who has counselled people bereaved because of the 2002 Bali bombings and 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
05/08/15 NZ Herald
