MH370 victims’ families to pay $5 million for information on missing flight

Kuala Lumpur: Distraught relatives of several passengers aboard Flight MH370 on Sunday launched a $5 million reward to “entice” a whistle-blower who can provide key information and help their search to trace the Malaysian jet that vanished mysteriously three months ago.

Many of the families believe there has been a cover up by Malaysian authorities and they are hoping the money will tempt someone to come forward, for example an insider from the world of commercial aviation or the military.

The ‘Reward MH370’ campaign aims to raise at least $5 million “to encourage a whistle-blower to come forward with information”.

The money will be collected from donations through the fundraising website Indiegogo.

Part of it will also go to funding private investigators to follow up on any leads.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 jet disappeared from radar screens on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people, including five Indians, aboard.

Malaysia believes the plane was deliberately diverted by someone on board. The plane is believed to have crashed in the remote southern Indian Ocean, but an extensive search has turned up no sign of wreckage so far.