Malaysia Airlines closes family aid centres for kin of MH370 passengers

Malaysia Airlines has asked relatives of passengers on board flight MH370, to leave the hotel accommodation it is providing and return to their homes.

It is also closing the family assistance centres set up after the plane vanished on 8th March with 239 people on board.

The airline has however, promised to keep the relatives updated on the search operation.

Meanwhile, a report by Malaysia’s Transport Ministry has shown a four-hour gap between MH370’s disappearance and the start of a search operation.

The report also revealed that air traffic controllers did not realise the plane was missing until 17 minutes after it disappeared off radar.

The plane disappeared over the South China Sea as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.


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