Overview
- Chaoyang District People’s Court ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay over 2.9 million yuan to each of eight families for death compensation, funeral costs and emotional distress.
- Forty-seven lawsuits were withdrawn after private settlements, eight passengers were declared legally deceased, and 23 cases remain pending due to incomplete death declarations.
- Some relatives called the ruling a bitter outcome, saying monetary awards do not meet requests for psychological support, a search fund or an apology from the airline.
- Malaysia has announced the hunt will resume on 30 December in the southern Indian Ocean, with Ocean Infinity returning to a targeted 55‑day sweep after its 2018 effort found no primary wreckage.
- MH370 vanished on 8 March 2014 with 239 people on board; a 2018 Malaysian report said the aircraft’s initial turn was manual or due to unlawful interference, with no evidence of mechanical failure.