MH370: NZ victim's sister 'a wee bit sick'

Paul Weeks
Paul Weeks
The sister of a New Zealander on board the ill-fated MH370 feels "a wee bit sick" about news that the wreckage may have been found.

Former Christchurch engineer Paul Weeks, 38, was one of two Kiwis on board the Boeing 777 that went missing after leaving Kuala Lumpur in March last year.

Perth-based Mr Weeks was travelling to Mongolia for his new job with Transwest Mongolia.

Mr Weeks' sister Sara told NZME News Service this morning she was left with a "sinking feeling" over the possibility that plane wreckage found by a man living on the island of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, could be MH370.

"Basically the whole process has been quite long-winded and quite drawn out and no one even knows anything. This morning when I got up and saw the news is when I found out about it.

"I just feel a wee bit sick, just 'oh s***, is that it?'

"But at the same time I'm torn. It could be it, it might not be. I'm aware it has some kind of serial number on it so potentially they'll be able to tell us whether it is or not fairly quickly, which I guess could be a good thing," Ms Weeks said.

Even if it were the wreckage of MH370, there would still be unanswered questions.

"We still need to know what happened. Where's the rest of the plane and where are all our family members?" she asked.

"It just still leave a lot of questions it's not going to solve."

Ms Weeks had not received any official notification from authorities about the news. She said her brother's widow Danica would normally get updates, although contact has been sporadic.

Ms Weeks was yet to speak to Danica, who lives in Perth.

"I guess while there's nothing found, we've still got that hope that they will be."

- Jimmy Ellingham of NZME News Service

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