Grieving relatives of passengers on board Flight MH370 on Sunday launched a US $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 US $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.