To the UN secretary-general, presidents, prime ministers, great leaders, opposition leaders, media leaders (owners) and journalists

Why are you so silent?

Human life is more precious than political and economic gain!

Honourable All,

I am forced to write this letter because my wife, Kranti Shirsath, was on board Flight MH370 which has been missing since March 8, 2014.

The MH370 incident has destroyed all our dreams that my wife and I saw together. My entire life has changed as I had to give up with career and stay at home to care for our two sons. I have to play the role of both father and mother as I am now alone in supporting both of my children to get educated and follow the right path in life.

However, I continue to hope that Kranti will come back to us alive, as so far I do not see any reason or evidence to lose that hope. This is the story of so many other families whose loved ones were on board MH370.

It is over two months since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, with 239 people on board from 14 different countries, went missing. Despite 24-hour satellite surveillance around the globe, widespread intelligence networks and the most sophisticated technologies at our disposal, there is still no trace of the flight and its passengers.

This is more than just Malaysia’s problem. It is an international issue because it has raised several questions about air travel safety and the technological capabilities we have. It is impossible to believe that a huge jet with 239 people on board can go missing without any trace of its whereabouts.

The Malaysian government has produced a five-page Preliminary Report on MH370 which has no new information but has fuelled more questions and confusion indicative of incompetence on their part.  

Despite taking eight weeks to prepare the Preliminary Report, it has failed to address fundamental questions such as; how flight MH370 has disappeared in this modern world without trace and who is behind its disappearance, what was the motive behind its disappearance, why did the Malaysian authorities fail to track their plane and delay the commencement of the search and rescue operation?  

The report has increased more doubts in my mind and in the minds of many other family members around the world, which suggests that there is some serious cover-up going on.

The Malaysian prime minister has said it was deliberately diverted from its original route. If so, it was an intentional action, with a planned purpose. It took over four hours for the Malaysian authorities to initiate the search and rescue operation, indicating the possibility that the Malaysian government had provided a safe passage and an opportunity to those who diverted the plane to take it to the planned destination.

None of you have questioned this?

Unfortunately, none of you have questioned this? None of the countries whose nationals were on board had demanded transparent and speedy action from the Malaysian government. But on the contrary, you are continuing to support the Malaysian government for allegedly sharing contradictory and confusing information, delayed communication, misleading the search and rescue operation and not taking timely action to save the plane and its passengers.

This is absurd and irresponsible.

This is a modern and civilised era, where we talk about rights and justice and enjoyment of all rights by all people. I am a citizen of India. ‘Truth alone triumphs’ is written on our emblem. I want the truth of what happened to my wife and to Flight MH370. There have been lots of mathematical data based on, for example, Inmarsat data that could give my family and I clues bout where my wife and all the other 238 passengers on MH370 could possibly be.

I urge you to request the Malaysian authorities for a speedy, transparent and trustworthy investigation. I desperately want the truth about where my wife is, what has happened to her and all the passengers and what caused the plane to disappear.

Offering compensation to family members and forcing them to believe their loved ones are lost without any evidence is totally inappropriate.

I only believe justice can be done when the truth, based on evidence, is provided to my family and all the other families.

PRALHAD SHIRSATH is the husband of Kranti Shirsath, who was on board Flight MH370.