MH370: Relatives of passengers look to find whistleblower

Kuala Lumpur:  Grieving relatives of passengers on board Flight MH370 has launched a USD 5 million reward for a whistleblower who can provide key  information and aid their search to trace the jet that went  missing mysteriously three months ago on this day.  After three months of failed search efforts, families  have become convinced the authorities are concealing the truth  about the disappearance of the Boeing 777-200 and launched the  crowd-funding campaign in a bid to get answers.  The 'Reward MH370' campaign aims to raise at least USD 5  million "to encourage a whistleblower to come forward with  information". 

The USD 3 million would go to a whistleblower who would  forward with key information related to the incident. Another  USD 2 million will be utilised for hiring private  investigators to follow up on leads.  The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared from radar screens  on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239  people, including five Indians, aboard. 

The Boeing 777 is believed to have crashed in the  southern Indian Ocean, but an extensive search has turned up  no sign of wreckage so far.  "We are convinced that somewhere, someone knows  something, and we hope this reward will entice him or her to  come forward," said Ethan Hunt, who is heading the campaign.  "We are taking matters into our own hands," SAID Sarah  Bajc, whose partner Philip Wood, 50, was on the flight.

"The relatives hope they turn up a whistle-blower who  says, 'I know where to find this,' or a flight controller who  can access new data, but expect they will also encounter some  unethical people."  The campaign, which was launched on Indiegogo, comes as Malaysia's acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein  condemned Boeing and Rolls Royce this week for their part in  the search for the missing jet and has hit back that  responsibility for the entire investigation should fall on  Malaysia, Australia and China. 

Meanwhile, Australian transportation authorities are now  moving to a revised underwater search zone in the southern  Indian Ocean.  The search will enter a new phase covering a  60,000-square-kilometre area along MH370?s probable flight arc  over the southern Indian Ocean, but only after a bathymetric  survey map of the sea floor is completed within a three-month  window.  "The latest information and analysis confirms that MH370  will be found in close proximity to the arc," the Australian  Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement.  "At the time MH370 reached this arc, the aircraft is  considered to have exhausted its fuel and to have been  descending."