Some angry family members of passengers on flight MH370 have started to leave KLIA despite earlier being summoned there to be on standby to fly out of the country once a crash site is identified.
 
The families are upset that despite being told to be at the airport by 6pm to be flown out of the country, there has been no progress since and little information from MAS as the deadline lapsed.
 
"We weren't told about where to fly and when to fly, instead we were just told the flight will only take off within 24 hours.
 
"But then later they also said we will be gathering at a hotel in Putrajaya before the flight," said an angry family member who did not want to be identified.
 
The man complained that he only found out about the Malaysia Airlines aircraft going missing from the travel agency where his 48-year-old brother bought his ticket for Beijing for a business trip.
 
"I wasn't informed by MAS, the travel agent called me at 8am," he said.

For families, hope dims

 
He added MAS later contacted him and told him to bring along his passport and promised him "first hand" information.
 
"But after I arrived, things seems different, the MAS officials that dealt with me were tight lipped. They only registered my details. Beside that I knew nothing, including where the plane (allegedly) crashed and the details of the flight," he said.
 
"If you just want to register my details, why you need me here. I saw a lot family members left the area where we waited angrily," he said.
 
He added that any hope to help survivors, if any, was slipping away as the plane had yet to be located almost 17 hours after the vessel went missing.
 
Earlier, Tee Kuee Lian, whose husband Wong Sai San is a passenger on the Boeing 777-200 arrived at the airport with her two daughters but lashed out at MAS officials after they could not provide her an update on the plane which is feared to have crashed.
 
"The news spread on the internet so fast, how can you say you know nothing," shouted one of the daughters.

MAS: We have met them

 
Malaysiakini witnessed some families have leaving at 7.15pm as they have yet to be flown anywhere even though they were told to be there at 6pm.

When asked about the families, MAS CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya briefly said: "We have met with them."
 
He then excused himself to accompany Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak who was leaving the press conference room. 
 
MAS has also flown 100 staff members to Beijing to assist with passenger next-of-kin there. 

Additional reporting by Aidila Razak.