Malaysian authorities have officially declared flight MH370 an accident, with all 239 people onboard considered dead.
In making the announcement, Malaysia authorities have announced it's beginning the process of compensating the families.
The flight disappeared on March 8th of last year en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Investigators have concluded the flight banked west, then south into the southern Indian Ocean.
However, months of searching has failed to turn up any evidence of the missing airliner.
Close to two-thirds of those onboard the flight are Chinese nationals.