The missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 has involved two dozen nations, more than three million square miles, we seem to have learned everything about the missing plane apart from its final location: the safety record of Boeing 777s, the political commitments of its pilot, the data from its ACARS transmissions, the significance of satellite pings.
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It was found to have ended its flight in the remote waters of the southern Indian Ocean, the Malaysian Prime Minister said on Monday, with all 239 people on board feared to have lost their lives in one of the biggest and most baffling tragedies in modern aviation history.
On Monday, reporters in Beijing described a wrenching scene at the Lido Hotel, where many of the relatives have been immured since the plane vanished: at least two people were wheeled off on stretchers after fainting at the news, and a police contingent was called in to maintain some semblance of calm. Daniel Liau, the Malaysian gallerist who had organized an exhibition for a group of Chinese artists on the missing flight, told that he wasn’t ready to give up just yet. “Even though it’s ninety-nine per cent, we still have a one per cent chance,” he said. “It’s very hard to accept.”
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