MALAYSIAN AIRLINES CLOSES MH370 ASSISTANCE CENTERS IN CHINA

 

Anguished relatives of passengers on board Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 wailed and yelled in a Beijing hotel yesterday when told by the airline that it was closing its family assistance centers which had been their gathering point since the aircraft vanished, reported CNN. 

The closure of the assistance centres meant that the families would now have to go home and there would no longer be mass daily briefings at the Lido Hotel.

"What can we do?" a relative yelled, as others kneeled in front of police who had assembled in the hotel briefing room to keep order, the CNN report said. 
"Who will find our family members?" another shouted.

About two-thirds of the 239 people on board flight MH370 were Chinese citizens. 
MAS had said in a statement yesterday that it would close all its family assistance centers worldwide by May 7. 
"Malaysia Airlines will keep in close touch with the families on news updates through telephone calls, messages, the Internet, and face-to-face meetings.
"With the support of the Malaysian government, the airline’s family support centers will be established in Kuala Lumpur and in Beijing.

The detailed plan of follow-up support and services will be informed in person to the families," the statement by MAS group chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya(photo) had said. 

Source: The Malaysian Insider...More...