It is 11 days since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
disappeared in the night and investigators appear no closer to knowing the fate
of the passengers and crew on board.
The names of the 239 people currently missing are listed in
black and white in the plane's manifest.
But these colour photos show the faces of those who were on
the flight.
There were 14 different nationalities among the 227
passengers and 12 crew travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, although the
majority - 153 in all - were Chinese.
Other passengers came from the United States, Canada,
Indonesia, Iran, Australia, India, France, New Zealand, Ukraine, Russia, Taiwan
and the Netherlands.
The youngest is two, the oldest 76. Seven of the passengers
are children, five of whom are yet to see their fifth birthdays.
On board the plane were sons, daughters, husbands, wives and
grandparents. Some were embarking on a new start, others returning home.
Muktesh Mukherjee and
his wife Xiaomo Bai
They included a famous stuntman, engineers, artists,
Buddhist pilgrims, students, holidaymakers and honeymooners.
These are some of their stories:
:: The husband and wife returning to their sons
Muktesh Mukherjee and Xiaomo Bai were heading home to
Beijing after a beach holiday in Vietnam.
Ms Bai, 37, had posted pictures of their break shortly
before boarding the flight.
The couple's two young sons were waiting for them at home
with Ms Bai's mother.
Mr Muktesh, 42, an Indian-born Canadian employed by US firm
XCoal, met his wife while on a business trip to China in 2002.
They lived in Montreal before moving to Beijing.
:: The Hollywood stuntman
Stuntman Ju Kun
Ju Kun's kung fu moves have featured in films such as
Fearless, where he doubled for martial arts actor Jet Li, and The Expendables.
The 35-year-old was travelling to Beijing to see his two
young children before starting work on the new Netflix and Weinstein Company
series Marco Polo in Malaysia.
In a statement, Weinstein said: "He was an integral
part of our production team and a tremendous talent. Our thoughts and prayers
are with his family at this difficult time."
:: Teen lovers
French students Hadrien Wattrelos, 17, and Zhao Yan, 18,
were heading for school in Beijing.
They had enrolled themselves in the Lycee Francais
International de Pekin, also known as the French School.
Hadrien posted a picture of himself and Ms Zhao on a social
media site, accompanied with the phrase: "Je t'aime."
Ms Zhao replied: "Haaaaaa mon amour, trooooop
mignon."
Two other passengers on the flight, Laurence Wattrelos, 52,
and Ambre Wattrelos, 14, are believed to be Hadrien's mother and sister.
:: The student studying in Hull
Yue Wenchao, 26, is originally from inner Mongolia but had
moved to the UK to study a postgraduate course at the University of Hull
Business School.
He was flying to Kuala Lumpur to visit his girlfriend.
In one of his last posts on a social media site on March 7,
he wrote next to a photo of her: "See u in Beijing!"
:: The New Zealander
Paul Weeks, a mechanical engineer, left his wedding ring and
watch at home when he headed to Mongolia for a work trip.
The devoted father instructed his wife, Danica, to pass them
on to his two sons, three-year-old Lincoln and 10-month-old Jack, "should
anything happen".
Danica, who lives in Perth, Australia, says the hardest part
of the ordeal is explaining Paul's absence to their two children.
:: The Australian travel-lovers
Bob and Cathy Lawton loved to travel.
The couple, who are in their fifties and from Springfield
Lakes, Australia, are parents to three daughters, as well as doting
grandparents.
Cathy's last Facebook post before embarking on their latest
adventure read: "Off to China."
:: The father and child
Hu Xiaoning, 34, was travelling home to Beijing with his
three-year-old daughter Hu Siwan.
Proud mum Zhang Na has been an active user of China's
microblogging site Weibo, regularly posting family photos.
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