KS Narendran exuded a quiet anger during a telephonic conversation on Tuesday, days after Malaysia declared MH370's disappearance was an accident and all 239 people on board were presumed dead.
Narendran's wife Chandrika Sharma was one of the passengers on the Malaysia Airlines flight on 8 March, 2014, when it veered into a mystery that still remains unresolved, close to its first anniversary.
On 29 January, Narendran received a call at about 11.30 a.m. IST, informing him of a press conference to be aired an hour later.
While the media-only meet was called off due to the presence of families seeking answers, the government played out a statement made by Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the director-general of Department of Civil Aviation (DCA).
The DCA official had said: "After 327 days and based on all available data as well as circumstances mentioned earlier, survivability in the defined area is highly unlikely. It is therefore, with the heaviest heart and deepest sorrow that, on behalf of the Government of Malaysia, we officially declare Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident in accordance with the Standards of Annexes 12 and 13 to the Chicago Convention and that all 239 of the passengers and crew onboard MH370 are presumed to have lost their lives".
The statement immediately sparked angry responses from families of passengers, with many demanding a retraction, claiming there is no evidence to term it as an accident and that the government was just giving up.
The Malaysian government defended the declaration as a step to help families receive compensation, which otherwise they would have to wait for till the plane was found or up to seven years when a missing person is declared dead.
But even as the world was caught by surprise at the declaration, Narendran said he and other kin of passengers had an inkling for a long time that the Malaysian government would sooner or later declare the disappearance of the plane to be an accident.
03/02/15 Mugdha Variyar/International Business Times
Narendran's wife Chandrika Sharma was one of the passengers on the Malaysia Airlines flight on 8 March, 2014, when it veered into a mystery that still remains unresolved, close to its first anniversary.
On 29 January, Narendran received a call at about 11.30 a.m. IST, informing him of a press conference to be aired an hour later.
While the media-only meet was called off due to the presence of families seeking answers, the government played out a statement made by Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the director-general of Department of Civil Aviation (DCA).
The DCA official had said: "After 327 days and based on all available data as well as circumstances mentioned earlier, survivability in the defined area is highly unlikely. It is therefore, with the heaviest heart and deepest sorrow that, on behalf of the Government of Malaysia, we officially declare Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident in accordance with the Standards of Annexes 12 and 13 to the Chicago Convention and that all 239 of the passengers and crew onboard MH370 are presumed to have lost their lives".
The statement immediately sparked angry responses from families of passengers, with many demanding a retraction, claiming there is no evidence to term it as an accident and that the government was just giving up.
The Malaysian government defended the declaration as a step to help families receive compensation, which otherwise they would have to wait for till the plane was found or up to seven years when a missing person is declared dead.
But even as the world was caught by surprise at the declaration, Narendran said he and other kin of passengers had an inkling for a long time that the Malaysian government would sooner or later declare the disappearance of the plane to be an accident.
03/02/15 Mugdha Variyar/International Business Times
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