Originally Posted by
LNL76
Am I missing something? How can the Malaysians proclaim the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean and all are dead without any physical proof? This whole tragedy has smelled to high heaven since Day 1. Those poor families........

yeah the video on CNN was pretty tear-jerking.... watching the families... and video-taping them of all things...
They said the basis was british satelite data and that they can't start searching again until Wednesday due to weather.
My guess is that they needed to bring some kind of closure. It's been how many days and many of the families are being shuffled around hotels while waiting for news when they don't know if any is going to come. The families need to hear it, and be allowed to move on.