Malaysia Airline provides assistance plans to waiting relatives

Malaysia Airlines is offering three assistance options to relatives of passengers onboard flight MH370, anxiously waiting for news at Lido Hotel in Beijing.   [Special coverage]

For those who want to stay at Lido Hotel and wait for updates, the airline will provide accommodation and coordination. It will also help get multi-entry visas and flight tickets for those who want to go to Malaysia. And for those who want to return home, Malaysia Airlines will bear transportation costs and provide continuous coordination.

But for most of the relatives, Lido hotel where they could get first hand officially verified information, is the only place they want to be right now. From today on, the airline will hold a daily briefing at 6pm for the relatives at the hotel.