Angry families reject MH-370 report … Meanwhile not a peep about MH-17 since the Ukrainian jet shot it down. Pathetic.

Many family members continue to believe their loved ones are still alive, as Jennifer Pak reports

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MH370 mystery

• What we know
• Key points
• Search logistics
• Pain of not knowing

Families of those missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have rejected a report issued on the first anniversary of the plane's disappearance.

The interim report gives no new clues as to what happened to the plane. One relative described it as useless.
It does reveal that an underwater locator beacon battery had expired a year earlier, but it is unclear whether this affected the search.
The airliner was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it vanished.
Malaysia and Australia say they remain committed to finding the missing plane.
As families of the 239 passengers and crew held remembrance ceremonies on Sunday, some expressed their frustration with the report.
It contains masses of technical information about the missing aircraft, its maintenance record, the background of the crew, and the various air traffic control and military radar tracking records of the plane, says the BBC's Jonathan Head.

Some relatives of those on board the missing plane have been critical of the official search

Tan Tuan Kee (R) and his family are worried the search for their son and brother will end

It notes the battery on the beacon of the flight data recorder had expired, which may suggest searchers had less chance of locating the aircraft, although the battery on the locator beacon of the cockpit voice recorder was working.

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