17/04/2014 09:45
MH370 families storm out of glitchy teleconference with Malaysian officials
The man's anger at authorities giving a briefing on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 could not be contained.
According to CNN, he screamed at the screen as a promised video conference with Malaysian authorities became the latest part of the aftermath of the plane's disappearance to encounter technical difficulties.
"You're all bloody liars, and you're lying to us again," the Chinese man said, according to a translation.
Families of the passengers on the missing plane in attendance at the Beijing briefing Wednesday exploded in anger and stormed out.
"We will request their team of experts to come to Beijing to conduct face-to-face communications and fulfill their commitment," said Jing Hui, a spokesman for some of the families. "What Is the truth? What problem do they want to cover up?"
The families have 26 questions they want answered now. The queries were posted on the social media site Weibo by a committee representing some of the passengers' relatives. Some of the "questions" are requests that evidence be shared with them, including the flight's logbook and recording of air traffic control on March 8, the night the plane disappeared with 239 people aboard.
Most of the people on the plane were Chinese, and their families have become very distrustful of Malaysian government authorities and officials with the airline.
That was apparent in the request for MH370's log book. John Goglia, a former member of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, told CNN the log is usually on the plane and even if it wasn't, investigators wouldn't reveal specific information from it.
He also said a request for phone numbers of investigators would be denied.
But the other 24 questions and requests?
"These are not state secrets so the families should have access to all of that kind of information," he said.
Many of the 26 questions focus on technical issues involving emergency locator transmitters, or ELTs, and "black boxes." With an apparent in-depth understanding of how these work, the families ask about the specific technology on the missing plane.
The families' final seven questions involve "protocol," including this: What did Malaysia Airlines do when the flight went missing?