Malaysia Airlines chief meets relatives of Chinese MH370 passengers
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Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - Officials of Malaysia Airlines on Thursday met with relatives of Chinese passengers of flight MH370 who were protesting the Malaysian government's declaration that all those aboard the missing plane were officially dead and the aircr
About 15 relatives from China carrying placards that read "MH370: Who can tell us what happened?" and "Please help us! Come back MH370"arrived before dawn at Kuala Lumpur International Airport and held a protest outside the airline's office.
Three representatives of the protesters met with airline chief Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and other senior officials, according to an airline statement.
"The three next-of-kin presented a letter to Malaysia Airlines which the airline will respond with a written reply ... within the next few days," it said.
But the airline said that "it is in no position to provide any further clarification or technical information on the fate of MH370 other than what is already available in the public domain."
"Since the beginning of the accident, the airline has given its full commitment to the investigating authorities and all available information has been provided," it added.
Kelly Wen, whose husband was on the missing plane, said the relatives want to know why MH370 was declared lost in an accident and what was the basis for such a declaration.
Another relative Zhong Hui Jun said she believed that her daughter and daughter-in-law, who were aboard the plane, are not dead.
The search for the plane's wreckage continues in the southern Indian Ocean.
Last month, Malaysia declared the disappearance of MH370 to be an accident and said all 239 people aboard are presumed dead, saying that available data indicated the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
Beijing-bound flight MH370 disappeared about an hour after it left the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 8. About two-thirds of those aboard were Chinese nationals.
