Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Airlines will stop providing hotel accommodation for relatives of missing flight MH370 passengers by May 7, the airline said on Thursday.
The Malaysian flag carrier has provided hotel accommodation for relatives in a number of countries — most of them in Malaysia and China — where it provided them periodic updates on the situation since shortly after the flight mysteriously disappeared on March 8. But relatives’ tempers have repeatedly flared, particularly at the Lido Hotel in Beijing where Chinese families have regularly lashed out at officials from Malaysia and the airline over their inability to explain the plane’s disappearance.
“Instead of staying in hotels, the families of MH370 are advised to receive updates on the progress of the search by Malaysia Airlines within the comfort of their own homes,,” the airline said.
