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Families of Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Seek $5 Million in Campaign to Find Out 'The Truth'

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After months of expert speculation, wild conspiracy theories and failed international efforts to locate missing Malaysia Flight MH370 and the 239 passengers and crew on board, the families of the missing and are now trying to raise $5 million to launch their own investigation to learn "the truth" about what happened to their loved ones.

"Every effort to locate the flight so far has failed. Continuing along the same path is unlikely to change the outcome. However, we believe there is a person or persons who know the truth about what happened, and know where the plane is. We want to encourage the truth to come out by offering a substantial reward," explained the families in a description on their fundraising campaign on Indiegogo launched on Sunday.

Early Monday afternoon, the campaign had raised just over $9,000.

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That $5 million, however, may not be enough. The Malaysian government revealed Monday that since the plane went missing on March 8, 2014, they have spent $8.6 million trying to locate it, according to Reuters.

Experts say the combined expenditure by the international community is likely to run into the hundreds of millions, making it the costliest search in aviation history.

"The figure of 27.6 million ringgit ($8.6 million) was only the sum spent by Malaysian agencies, we do not know how much other countries spent," said Department of Civil Aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman.

On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported that investigators would be revising their search for the missing aircraft for the third time in three months.

In seeking to raise money for an independent search, the frustrated families of the missing believe that $5 million could help them get some truth.

"We need to provide a substantial incentive for anyone who knows the truth to come forward. We also need independent investigation done by people who have no conflicts of interest in the determination of fault once the plane is found," the campaign noted.

"This mystery is unprecedented in the history of aviation, and we need to work as a collective community with one goal of finding the truth, the plane and the passengers," said Ethan Hunt, CEO of Rapide 3D, a former military airman and experienced private investigator on the campaign page. "We are convinced that somewhere, someone knows something, and we hope this reward will entice him or her to come forward."

Ghislain Wattrelos, a French business executive who is a part of the campaign team, is hoping to find two of his teenage children, Hadrian and Amber, and his wife Laurence who were returning from a holiday in Malaysia on the flight.

"How could this happen? In this age of constant connection and pervasive surveillance, a giant plane has been allowed to just disappear. That cannot be an accident," said Wattrelos. "My family deserves to be found."

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