Nearly a day after the plane lost contact with air traffic control, its whereabouts remain a mystery.
The flight departed from Kuala Lumpur early this morning, with 227 passengers and 12 crew members.
Ms. Norli Akmar Hamid (covered in a white scarf) and her husband, Arrahan Zamani, were two of the passengers on the plane that remained silent.
The couple’s family members in Kuala Lumpur shed tears because they were worried about them.
Sarah Nor, 55 years old, mother of passenger Norliakmar Hamid, 34, was thoughtful with eyes tired and swollen from crying.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (center) arrives at the welcome center at Kuala Lumpur International Airport to visit the families of missing passengers.
Malaysia has deployed one plane, two helicopters and four ships to carry out search and rescue missions in the country’s eastern waters and in the South China Sea.
At Beijing airport, a sign announced that family members and friends of passengers on the Malaysia Airlines plane had gathered at a hotel 15 km away to wait for more information.
China has the highest number of citizens on board the missing plane with 154 people, including an infant and a Taiwanese person.
The medical team was dispatched to the above hotel to assist in case of need.
`They’re useless,` said a young man supporting an older woman.
China dispatched a rescue ship to the suspected plane crash area in the East Sea to join other countries in searching for the plane.
China said there were 24 artists and their relatives on this flight, after arriving in Kuala Lumpur to attend an exchange program.
`Pray for MH370` message from an OTT phone app in Kuala Lumpur.
Vietnam’s maritime rescue force said it discovered two oil slicks extending 15-20 km in the waters near Tho Chu island and Ca Mau cape.
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