Mystery of flight MH370
Relatives' anguish over missing Boeing 777-200ER turns to frustration and anger as search continues
As the fate of the 239 people aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 transfixed people around the world this week, there was an outpouring of sympathy for the relatives and friends anxious about their loved ones.
Of the 227 passengers on the Boeing 777 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, 154 are Chinese, many of whose relatives were given accommodation in a Beijing hotel as they waited for news.
As a search involving 12 countries including China continued in seas off Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, their worries turned to frustration and anger at times as information, often conflicting, trickled in.
During the week some of the relatives were flown to Kuala Lumpur, where they received further briefings.
Almost six days after flight MH370 took off from the Malaysian capital, the mystery of its disappearance seemed no closer to being solved.
| A policewoman holds up a photo of one of the two men whom they believe were travelling onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 on stolen passports after a news conference in Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 11. Edgar Su / Reuters |
| A family member of a passenger shields herself from journalists after a morning meeting at Metropark Lido Hotel in Beijing on March 12. Jason Lee / Reuters |
| A somber family member (right) of a passenger on MH370 in Metropark Lido Hotel in Beijing on March 11. Feng Yongbin / China Daily |
| Guo Shaochun (center), head of a joint working group sent by the Chinese government to Malaysia, has a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysian officials on March 12. Mohd Rasfan / for China Daily |
| First group of family members of passengers on MH370 arrive in Kuala Lumpur on March 11. Provided to China Daily |
| Rescuers on the South China Sea Rescue 101 remove items from the water on March 11 during a massive international hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Zhao Yingquan / Xinhua |
| Rescuers on the South China Sea Rescue 101 inspect sonar equipment for underwater searchon March 11. Zhao Yingquan / Xinhua |
| A Vietnamese air crewman searches for wreckage. Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP |
| Rescuers on the South China Sea Rescue 101 study suspicious objects salvaged on March 11. Zhao Yingquan / Xinhua |
| Rescuers on the South China Sea Rescue 101 test equipment en route on March 10. Zhao Yingquan / Xinhua |
(China Daily Africa Weekly 03/14/2014 page14)
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