Anguished Families Struggle After Jet Goes Missing

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<p>A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people lost contact with air traffic control and was missing hours after its expected arrival in Beijing.</p>

Image: A relative of a passenger of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries as she walks past journalists at a hotel in Beijing

A relative, bottom right, of a passenger of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries as she walks past journalists at a hotel in Beijing March 8, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER aircraft carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew was presumed to have crashed off the Vietnamese coast on Saturday, and European officials said two people on board were using false identities. Picture taken March 8, 2014.CHANCE CHAN / Reuters

March 8, 2014, 2:44 AM EST / Updated March 8, 2014, 10:14 PM EST

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