Updated: March 08, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: shock as Malaysian Airlines plane goes missing
Chinese police stand beside the arrival board showing the flight MH370 (top-red) at the Beijing Airport after news of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 plane disapearing. AFP
Malaysian Airlines Group Chief Executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahyain, right, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur. AP
A crying woman is escorted to a bus for relatives at the Beijing Airport after news of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 plane on March 8, 2014. Malaysia Airlines said a flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing early on March 8, and the airline was notifying next of kin in a sign it expected the worst. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON
Journalists attempt to interview a woman who is the relative of a passenger on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, as she crouches on the floor crying, at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. Reuters
An airport representative writes a notice aimed at relatives of passengers onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to gather at the local Holiday Inn at Beijing International Airport. Getty
A woman believed to be the relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, cries as she talks on her mobile phone. Reuters
Journalists wait in a conference room for a news conference regarding the missing Malaysian Airlines. Reuters
A Malaysian policeman stands guard outside a reception centre for family and friends at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. AFP
Police patrol Beijing International Airport. Xiao Lu Chu / Getty Images
A possible relative cries at the Beijing Airport after news of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200. AFP