Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from KLIA on Saturday, March 8 heading to Beijing, was declared to have crashed into the Indian Ocean by Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak last night.
Although the search for the plane wreckage will likely continue for some time, the world has given over to its collective grief for the 239 lives lost onboard Flight MH370. On social media networks, people from all walks of life have expressed their sorrow, disappointment, and frustration at the end of a nearly three-week long search for the jetliner. Others have embraced the sense of closure the news has brought them.
In what is doubtlessly only the beginning of the world’s outpouring of grief and sympathy for the souls onboard Flight MH370 and their families and loved ones, here are some messages from people from across the web:
