The ongoing search for answers in the case of the missing Malaysian flight 370 is far from over. The families of the 239 passengers are attempting to keep up hope, but searching at least for answers and closure. The search has been ongoing for 44 days and little concrete information has been offered up. Officials have decided to prolong the search and rescue efforts which could cost an estimated quarter of a billion dollars (US). This cost estimate includes the use of various underwater search drones, currently out on their eight mission for information.
With the month long battery lifespan of the black pinging boxes over, there are increased research and development efforts to create new black boxes whose batteries could last up to 3 months. No matter the cost, lives and answers are the primary concern.
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While I think that closure is important for many loved ones of flight 370. There must be a financial cost that organizers of the search are aware that they cannot pass. At what point will we say that it costs just too much to find the truth. When the truth is too expensive.
I agree with Brad, but also wonder what the airline is doing to better their communication and travel plans for the future. Though the cost of this search is extremely expensive, I don't think it can all pass by unanswered. The families need closure to some extent, and the airline is going to have to fund any costs incurred in the time being.
It might have an interesting cost in the future not just for the Malaysian airline, but possibly all airlines. In researching a better black box, there will be costs, in implementing that better technology, there will likely be higher costs from the company that designs it, as it will be in high demand right from the start, as other airlines would want to prevent such a lengthy search as is currently going on. Could the costs of safety, closure, and research be pushed onto the consumers in the form of higher ticket prices, or additional fees for services that used to be standard with air flight?
I think closure will only occur when concrete evidence about what actually happen to the flight is understood. There can be no cap regarding costs of the search to find the plane. And even if there was, who has the right/power to say the search ends now? Surely the answer to that question will vary greatly depending on who you ask...
I agree with Mainza, who are we to tell them to stop searching? The article states that many private firms are providing funding and search efforts to find the plane. If there are economic negative effects because of the searching, I believe that that is a risk they are willing to take and believe that they should take. Closure is important and this is also an ethical dilemma as well. Finding the flight is definitely important to these people.
I agree that closure is an ethical dilemma. Stop searching may make people become furious and distrust the airlines, and it is also extremely important to find the reason why the flight crashed. I remember the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, and it took them two years to find the blackbox. If Malaysia airline increase cost and fees, that will be in their disadvantage because the competition is tough.
I agree that they should keep searching for airline for families of loved ones. But most importantly, they should discover why it crashed too and make sure this doesn't happen in the future again.
I agree that it is difficult to swallow these huge costs but going forward it is important to understand what went wrong with this flight. This is also an opportunity for the air travel industry to look at ways to improve travel on a global scale. Looking at other missing planes/search efforts, the Malaysian flight search is fairly "young" still.
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