Malaysian authorities have declared all 239 people on board the Malaysian Airline flight MH370 dead and the flight's disappearance an accident.
The flight, which was enroute to Beijing disappeared in March of last year. Despite a massive international search of the souther Indian Ocean no wreckage has been found.
Relatives of the victims have been angered by the ruling. Many of the passengers were Chinese and the government in Beijing has called for Malaysia to pay compensation.
Malaysian officials said the recovery of the missing aircraft was still a priority and all leads would be persued.
The head of Malaysia's Civil Aviation Asharuddin Abdul Rahman made the announcement.
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The head of Malaysia's Civil Aviation Asharuddin Abdul Rahman quoted the laws that allowed for the disappearance of an aircraft to be declared an accident.
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