Wang Jun, a farmer from Dingzhou, Hebei province, would have never left his hometown, if his 30-year-old son, Yongzi, had not been on the missing MH370 flight.
A news briefing for relatives of passengers aboard the Malaysia Airlines' missing flight MH370 turned chaotic at Beijing's Metropark Lido Hotel on Friday after the relatives' attempt to set up a commission to smooth communications with the airlines failed.
Analysis of data by the US and Malaysian governments calculates MH370 likely crashed either in the Bay of Bengal or elsewhere in the Indian Ocean, according to CNN report.
Chinese forces on Friday continued the searching mission and expanded searching area for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet that carried 154 Chinese passengers, but the whereabout of the flight remained a mystery.
A Chinese patrol ship is heading for the Strait of Malacca to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, authorities said on Friday.
China on Friday again urged Malaysia to take the lead in coordinating international search efforts for missing flight MH370.
Engine maker Rolls-Royce on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to Malaysian authorities investigating the Malaysia Airlines MH370 jetliner that has been missing since early Saturday, but said the information it shared with authorities cannot be released to media yet.
Malaysia will expand its search and rescue for the missing aircraft, acting Minister of Transport Hishamuddin Hussein said here Friday.
Malaysia Airlines publishes detailed records of the missing flight's emergency response covering the seven-hour period after its disappearance from the radar.
Military radar-tracking evidence suggests the missing MH370 jet was deliberately flown across the Malay peninsula towards the Andaman Islands.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak prays for the passengers and crew on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in a mosque near Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
South Korea has decided to send two military aircraft to take part in the expanding international search and rescue operations for the missing Malaysian airplane, South Korea's foreign ministry said on Friday.