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Families unhappy with Malaysia Airlines arrangements  

马航:家属赴马一周后无消息将送回

今日中午11时40分许,马航相关负责人向家属召开上午的第二次情况通报会,马航负责人提出三个方案,供家属选择,分别以一个星期的时长为时限。对于马航的建议,多名家属表示难以理解,认为没有飞机最后的下落,无法回家。[查看全文]
2014-03-10 15:27 Ecns.cn Web Editor: Gu Liping
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A relative (L front) of a passenger aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 demands quicker information disclosure at a news release conference held at Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2014. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
A relative (L front) of a passenger aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 demands quicker information disclosure at a news release conference held at Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2014. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

(ECNS) -- Families of passengers on the missing flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing are not satisfied with options given to them by Malaysia Airlines, the Beijing Times reported. [Special coverage: Searching for missing MH370]

Malaysia Airlines held a second news conference for families at Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing at 11:04 am Monday morning. Staffers offered three options for the families:

1) Malaysia Airlines takes missing passengers' families to the location of the missing plane if it is found in the first week after they arrive in Kuala Lumpur. Otherwise, they will be sent back to China.

2) Malaysia Airlines provides accommodation and meals for families waiting in Beijing for a week. If there is no further information, the families go back and wait at home.

3) Malaysia Airlines provides timely information to those who choose leave the hotel now and wait at home.

But many families didn't like any of the options and said they are not leaving until the missing plane is located.

Staffers from Malaysia Airlines said they will contact headquarters and give feedback around 2:00 pm. The latest information from several countries' search efforts will be released to families then, they added.

Families also opposed Malaysia Airlines giving only four lunch vouchers to each family, as many families have more than four members waiting at the hotel.

Malaysia Airlines apologized and promised to provide a large room with no restrictions.

As for the news that "two relatives have arrived in Malaysia," staffers said that they are Malaysian nationals and didn't need to apply for passports or visas.

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