They believe they may be held captive and said they were willing to offer an amnesty to the kidnappers.
The fate of MH370 has become a massive aviation mystery since it vanished half an hour after taking off from the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur heading for Beijing.
Many theories have been offered to explain what happened to the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, its 227 passengers and 12 crew.
There was speculation the pilot wanted to commit suicide, like the pilot of a German plane that crashed in the Alps last year, that the plane had secretly landed in Pakistan or Kazakhstan and even that it was being stored by terrorists to use in a future 9/11 style attack.
The last words heard from the plane was the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, or co-pilot saying: "Good night Malaysian three seven zero".
A few minutes later, the plane's transponder, which communicates with ground radar, was shut down as the aircraft crossed into Vietnamese airspace over the South China Sea.
But it was detected on Malaysian military radar changing course and flying west over the Andaman Sea, heading towards India.
The Malaysians then said Inmarsat satellite data suggested the plane had come down in the middle of the Indian Ocean, far to the west of Australia.
In September last year debris was found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion which French investigators said was definitely part of the wing from MH370.
Last month more wreckage was found in Thailand but it has since been ruled out as being from MH370.
But the families of the 153 Chinese passengers are having none of it.
They say the lack of evidence and the ineptitude of the Malaysian authorities have convinced them it never crashed in the first place.
13/02/16 Chris Summers/Daily Star
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The fate of MH370 has become a massive aviation mystery since it vanished half an hour after taking off from the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur heading for Beijing.
Many theories have been offered to explain what happened to the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, its 227 passengers and 12 crew.
There was speculation the pilot wanted to commit suicide, like the pilot of a German plane that crashed in the Alps last year, that the plane had secretly landed in Pakistan or Kazakhstan and even that it was being stored by terrorists to use in a future 9/11 style attack.
The last words heard from the plane was the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, or co-pilot saying: "Good night Malaysian three seven zero".
A few minutes later, the plane's transponder, which communicates with ground radar, was shut down as the aircraft crossed into Vietnamese airspace over the South China Sea.
But it was detected on Malaysian military radar changing course and flying west over the Andaman Sea, heading towards India.
The Malaysians then said Inmarsat satellite data suggested the plane had come down in the middle of the Indian Ocean, far to the west of Australia.
In September last year debris was found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion which French investigators said was definitely part of the wing from MH370.
Last month more wreckage was found in Thailand but it has since been ruled out as being from MH370.
But the families of the 153 Chinese passengers are having none of it.
They say the lack of evidence and the ineptitude of the Malaysian authorities have convinced them it never crashed in the first place.
13/02/16 Chris Summers/Daily Star
