Kuala Lumpur: Chinese physics student Jimmy Wang had no interest in
aviation until March 8, when Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing
with his 58-year-old father Wang Lijun aboard.
But Wang, 31, now spends evenings in central China combing through aviation blogs for Boeing 777 technical specs, exchanging what he finds with fellow MH370 next-of-kin.
He is one of hundreds of relatives who -- desperate to learn the fate of their loved ones -- are channelling their grief in a cross-border, social-media-enabled, but so far frustrating citizen campaign to solve aviation`s greatest mystery.
Through Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo -- 153 Chinese were aboard MH370 -- a closed Facebook group, and Skype "meetings" of up to dozens of people, participants exchange findings, discuss the latest theories, and proposals for group action.
The group, calling itself Voice370 with some 300 members, receives and debates advice from aviation, legal and other experts, while similar groups formed after previous disasters such as the 2009 Air France crash offer support.
Read news in full 24/08/14 AFP/ZeeNews
But Wang, 31, now spends evenings in central China combing through aviation blogs for Boeing 777 technical specs, exchanging what he finds with fellow MH370 next-of-kin.
He is one of hundreds of relatives who -- desperate to learn the fate of their loved ones -- are channelling their grief in a cross-border, social-media-enabled, but so far frustrating citizen campaign to solve aviation`s greatest mystery.
Through Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo -- 153 Chinese were aboard MH370 -- a closed Facebook group, and Skype "meetings" of up to dozens of people, participants exchange findings, discuss the latest theories, and proposals for group action.
The group, calling itself Voice370 with some 300 members, receives and debates advice from aviation, legal and other experts, while similar groups formed after previous disasters such as the 2009 Air France crash offer support.
Read news in full 24/08/14 AFP/ZeeNews
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