KUALA LUMPUR

Emotional relatives of doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 passengers say they hope the first proof that it crashed will help solve the mystery.

Families of the 239 passengers have been waiting from March 8, 2014 for evidence of what happened to the Boeing 777, which vanished while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

They have struggled with a desire for closure while holding onto slim hope that those on board might be alive, and have also strongly criticised Malaysia’s handling of the disaster.

Most of those on the plane were Chinese and many still refuse to believe that their loved ones are dead, despite Malaysian PM Najib Razak’s announcement that wreckage found on La Reunion island was from the jet.

“I don’t believe this. They have been lying to us from the beginning,” said Zhang Yongli, whose daughter was on the flight.

Bao Lanfang, whose grandson was also on the plane, told reporters that everyone “has been lying to us”, before collapsing on the floor and crying outside the Beijing offices of Malaysia Airlines.

“I will do anything to see him again,” the 63-year-old added while crying.

Some families said the confirmation was not enough and demanded to know why the plane went off course, flying for hours after its communications and tracking systems were shut down.

Mr Najib gave no indication that analysis of the debris yielded clues as to the cause of the disappearance.

“I want to know where the fuselage is so that we can take out the passengers and get the black box.

Only that will be full closure,” said Malaysian Jacquita Gonzales, wife of MH370 chief steward Patrick Gomes.

Fellow Malaysian G Subramaniam, who lost his son said investigators must now look for more debris.