Who is Jiang Hui, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 passenger Jiang Cuiyun’s son?

The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 departed Kuala Lumpur for Beijing on March 8, 2014, nine years ago. But it didn’t just land; it kind of mysteriously disappeared into thin air. Despite intensive searches, neither the plane nor the black box recorder, nor any of the passengers—alive or dead—were ever located.

Now, almost ten years later, MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, a new three-part Netflix documentary series, re-examines the case. In this docuseries, the son of the unrecovered traveler Jiang Cuiyun, Jiang Hui, is one of many who share their side of the tale.

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Who is Jiang Hui? 

Jiang Hui is the son of 71-year-old Jiang Cuiyun, a passenger on the mysterious MH370 plane traveling to Beijing.

To escape the gloomy Beijing winters for a few days, Cuiyun came to Kuala Lumpur with a coworker. Her family was happy to see that she was having fun. However, their happiness quickly changed to despair, as her return aircraft was MH370, which meant that she virtually disappeared in the early hours of March 8, 2014, along with 238 other passengers.

Cuiyun’s 41-year-old son Jiang Hui took on the role of acting as sort of her representative at this point, especially since both, his father and his brother, wanted to handle the situation privately.

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Hui still recalls how awful the early days were because of the complete lack of information and the worry about terrible scenarios. Everyone who had a loved one on board became more and more terrified.

According to Hui’s story, all the family members of the victims of MH370 attempted to persuade the officials to track the passengers’ phones. Strangely, the majority of their phones were still ringing rather than going directly to voicemail. Unfortunately, they consistently got the same reaction.

What made the families even more frustrated was that the top investigative body lacked the tools and resources to take action. That was when Hui determined to do everything in his authority to get some much-needed answers, prompting him to talk to the media, protest outside embassies, and even appeal for help from various nations.

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Today, the IT professional continues to reside in Beijing and work towards locating MH370 to this day.