Story highlights. President Barack Obama is the first American leader in decades to visit Malaysia, the Asian nation grappling with the mystery of a vanished jetliner. Obama landed in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, seven weeks to the day Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people aboard.
Was there any children on MH370?
The Wall Street Journal reports that many members of the same families were lost on flight MH370. Six members of one Chinese family are missing, the paper says, including a four-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy, who were both US citizens.
Did MH370 have any Americans on board?
Who is the son of MH370 pilot?
Ahmad Seth, the youngest of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's three children, told Malaysian media he has paid no attention to suggestions his father may have been involved in a hijacking or suicide mission. Ahmad Seth Zaharie, 26, with his sister Aishah Zaharie (left), 27, and mother Faizah Khanum Mustafa Khan.
How much did it cost to look for MH370?
$200mThe underwater search had cost $200m, including $60m from the Australian government, and Malaysia had contributed “more than anyone else”. “It has been a costly exercise but it hasn't been a factor in the decision to suspend the search,” he said.