Hamzah Zainuddin

Malaysia Airlines has begun giving out $50,000 in advance insurance payments to families of people aboard missing Flight 370, but many Chinese relatives have indicated they'll reject it.

The grieving families of the 239 passengers and crew of Flight MH370 will receive financial assistance from Malaysia Airlines to ease their burdens, a top official said today, 44 days after the plane vanished mysteriously from radar screens.

Malaysia Airlines has begun giving out $50,000 in advance insurance payments to families of people aboard missing Flight 370, but many Chinese relatives have indicated they'll reject it.

The grieving families of the 239 passengers and crew of Flight MH370 will receive financial assistance from Malaysia Airlines to ease their burdens, a top official said today, 44 days after the plane vanished mysteriously from radar screens.