What is the status and ruling of the MH370 passengers after the government declared the incident an accident?

Summary

This Bayan Linnas assesses the MH370 victims under the definition of the mafqud, a missing person whose news has been cut off and who has apparently perished. The government's official declaration through the Director General of Civil Aviation, the reference to Annexes 12 and 13 of the Chicago Convention and the readiness to process compensation are taken to show that hope of survival has ended. Scholars differ on the waiting period for a mafqud, and the long periods were set to reach certainty. Once death is established by evidence, the mafqud status ends, and experts together with the government, regarded as the judge, have affirmed the deaths.

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