One year on, MH370 scar still hurts

Malaysia's acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein shows two maps with corridors of the last known possible location of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane as he addresses reporters at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in this March 17, 2014 file photo. The flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing carrying 239 passengers and crew went missing on March 8, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

The Malaysian government officially declared on Jan 29, 2015, the disappearance of the plane an accident, which in another way pronounced the 239 people onboard dead, shattering the hopes of families and friends that their beloved ones may still be alive.

Speculations about what happened to MH370 range from sober, science-based arguments that the plane has crashed into the southern Indian Ocean, but not necessarily in the current search area, to the wild - alien abduction, MH370 and its doomed fleetmate MH17 were the same plane.

None of the speculations will convince the public until the truth comes out.