Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370)[b] was a scheduled international passenger flight that disappeared on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport in China. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was a scheduled international passenger flight that disappeared on March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport in China. (Photo: Wikimedia)
 

 

Families of victims believed to have been killed when a Boeing 777 plunged into the Indian Ocean cannot pursue their claims against Malaysia Airlines or the beleaguered planemaker in U.S. federal court.

Instead, families of deceased passengers who filed 40 lawsuits in the multidistrict litigation must pursue their claims in Malaysian courts, according to the Jan. 10, 2020, opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

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