[throwaway64908]

The families are not hoping for closure - they're hoping their relatives are still alive.

Regions new to passenger aviation cannot fathom that hundreds of people just cease to exist in an air accident.

[Gigablah]

What do you mean "regions new to passenger aviation"? Both Malaysia and China have domestic air flights operating way before the 1950s.

[saryant]

Malaysia Air was founded in 1947.