Relatives of some of the 239 passengers on board a missing Malaysia Airlines plane have demanded officials tell "the truth" about what happened.
They are still waiting for news about their loved ones, more than two days after the Boeing 777-200 vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Most of the passengers were from China and Malaysia, with a handful from America, Australia, India, France, Indonesia, Ukraine and other countries.
Paul Weeks, seen with wife Danica and son Lincoln in 2010, was on the plane A group of 50 Chinese families have signed a statement, demanding Malaysia Airlines "publicise the truth about the event" and urging the Chinese government to pay more attention to the case and help solve it.
They also want Beijing "to assign its officials to coordinate with the family members of the passengers of the missing flight and take unified action in negotiating with the Malaysian side".
Some relatives plan to travel to Kuala Lumpur to search for information but others do not want to travel.
Some relatives have been upset at the lack of information from the airline Wang Aihua, the mother of Cheng Xudong, who was on the missing plane, said: "Of course I am not going to get a passport. What for? To go to Malaysia to do what? To stare at the sea?"
A Malaysia Airlines spokesman has said the families should "expect the worst" as a huge search operation involving seven countries continues in the Gulf of Thailand, between Vietnam and Malaysia.
Daniel Liau, a colleague of acclaimed Chinese calligrapher Meng Gaosheng, who was on the flight with 18 other artists, six family members and four staff, said: "I can only pray for a miracle."
Tearful families in Beijing have been told to expect the worst "I feel very sad," he added. "Even though I knew them for a short time, they have become my friends."
For Australian grandparents Robert Lawton, 58, and his wife, Catherine, 54, the routine takeoff of flight MH370 was the beginning of another adventure.
"They mentioned in passing they were going on another big trip and they were really excited," one of their neighbours told ABC Australia.
A sand sculpture in India wishing for the well being of the passengers Sharing their adventure was another Australian couple, Rodney and Mary Burrows.
Neighbour Don Stokes said the trip was to be the beginning of the "next step in their life."
Also on board were teenage sweethearts Hadrien Wattrelos, 17, and Zhao Yan, 18, students at a French school in Beijing who were returning from a two-week holiday with Hadrien's mother and younger sister.
A relative's picture of her stepbrother and his wife who were on the flight Under Zhao's Facebook picture of her and Hadrien he had commented "Je t'aime" followed by a heart, and she had "liked" his comment.
While expecting the worst, colleagues of 50-year-old Indian passenger Chandrika Sharma remained optimistic.
"There must still be hope," said a colleague, before adding: "She was friendly and very loveable, very industrious and astute. We will miss her."
Some families have asked for more support from Beijing For 24-year-old Firman Chandra Siregar from Indonesia, the flight was a new chapter. In Beijing, he was about to begin a new contract with an oil company.
Tearful relatives and neighbours gathered at his family's home, praying or watching news of the search operation, while at the same time realising there is little hope of him being found alive.
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