Jet crash rekindles MH370 families' grief, suspicion

Families say incident bears out their furious criticisms of Malaysia Airlines

The latest Malaysia Airlines disaster has rekindled the grief of MH370 relatives, who say the new crash bears out their furious criticisms of the nation's flag carrier and government.

Flight MH17, a Boeing 777-200, went down in strife-torn eastern Ukraine on Thursday with 298 passengers and crew, mostly Dutch citizens.

The tragedy has reopened the deep emotional wounds caused by the March 8 disappearance of flight MH370, whose fate remains one of the biggest aviation mysteries ever.

Many of them have repeatedly accused the airline and Malaysian government of withholding information and of suspicious conduct in handling the probe into the disaster.

"My heart is breaking for another 295 souls on board, and another 295 families. Now I cannot stop shaking," said Sarah Bajc, partner of MH370 passenger Philip Wood.