On 17 March, the government contradicted this by saying police first visited the pilots' homes on the day following the flight's disappearance, although this had been previously denied.
Malaysia Airlines on 1 September 2015.
Altogether, 115 family members of the Chinese passengers flew to Kuala Lumpur.
Seven years later, Malaysian Airlines happened, and suddenly my crazy idea felt a little more real.
Australia assumed charge of the search on 17 March, when the search effort began to emphasise the southern Indian Ocean.
Ocean-floor mapping data collected during the search have been donated to the — Seabed 2030 Project, to be incorporated into the global map of the ocean floor.