Candlelight prayers offered for missing 239

Families provide mutual support with bonds born of shared grief

Family members of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 held a candlelight prayer ceremony at the Beijing Lido Hotel on Tuesday for all those on board.

They lit 239 candles, each representing one person, in the prayer session that started at 0:41 am, the time the plane began its flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing before disappearing on March 8.