Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will fly the first batch of families of passengers on board the missing MH370 MAS flight to Kuala Lumpur  tomorrow to allow them to receive the latest updates, MAS' spokesperson, Ignatius Ong, said Sunday.
 
He said the first batch would comprise only family members of two passengers as they have passports and visa to Malaysia.
 
Up to five family members would be flown to Kuala Lumpur in the subsequent flights offered by MAS as the airline wants to bring as many families of the passengers to Kuala Lumpur, he told a press conference at the Citic hotel at the Beijing International Airport here Sunday.
 
Ong said for the next-of-kin who have yet to have valid travel documents, MAS would liaise with the Malaysian Embassy here and China's Immigration Department to facilitate the application process.
 
He said caregivers from MAS' Go team would assist in the registration of the family members who did not have valid travel documents. 
 
MAS had booked three hotels to house the family members, he said, adding that 100 of them are staying at Lido hotel in Beijing.
 
Ong said the family members were assisted by Go Team caregivers and volunteers who were MAS staff. They were well trained by a Taiwan-based Buddhist relief foundation, Tzu-Chi foundation.
 
Asked on claims by some relatives that they had made a call to one passenger and the call rang once but was disconnected later, Ong said he himself had tried to call the same number, a Singapore number, several times but no ringing tone was received.
 
Prepare for the worst
 
However, he has passed the case to the respective authorities to investigate.
 
He said the case has also been notified to Malaysian and China embassies in Beijing and in Kuala Lumpur.
 
Ong said the command centre in Malaysia would be transparent and would update the family members and the media on the latest developments.
 
Asked on the military radar receiving "flight turn back" signal, he said the command centre in Kuala Lumpur would issue the latest updates on the matter.
 
Ong hoped the family members would get ready for the worst as there were no clues on the whereabouts of the aircraft after search and rescue operations have been conducted for more than 30 hours.
 
MAS Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew, went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing about an hour after taking off from the KL International Airport at 12.41 am Saturday.
 
It should have landed here at 6.30 am on the same day.