Global Impact: 10 years on, questions remain over the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 amid hopes of new search

He has visited search teams in Australia, searched the beaches of Mauritius, Madagascar and Réunion to scour for debris and to implore governments not to give up.

During his many expeditions, he has had many brushes with death, including almost treading on a venomous snake and being thrown off a boat during a storm.

His mother, Jiang Cuiyun, was coming back from holiday when the plane went missing on March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, leaving behind the greatest aviation mystery in history.

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Malaysia to reopen the search for MH370, 10 years after it vanished

Since the incident, the Chinese families involved have continued to push for a search, haunted by the lack of answers. Their efforts have not borne fruit yet, but recently, there is some hope of a revived attempt to find out what happened.

When the plane disappeared, the families had tried everything to find out what had happened. They attended every news conference with representatives of Malaysia Airlines in Beijing, talked to the media, and even turned to conspiracy theories, pursuing any glimmer of hope.

But gradually, when the search turned fruitless, communication with the airline stopped, as did counselling for the families.

In 2016, after Malaysia declared the flight’s disappearance “an accident”, it offered a 2.5 million yuan (US$347,360) settlement for the family of each victim, on the condition that they took no further action against the airline.

To keep the quest alive, Jiang and others took matters into their own hands and went on long trips to scour for debris and to implore governments not to give up.

They have also taken legal action against Malaysia Airlines, its insurer, Boeing and the manufacturers, and attended the foreign ministry