Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Malaysian. The remaining passengers were from 13 different countries. Twenty passengers—12 of whom were from Malaysia and eight from China—were employees of Freescale Semiconductor. By a 2007 agreement with Malaysia Airlines, Tzu Chi—an international Buddhist organisation—immediately sent specially trained teams to Beijing and Malaysia to give emotional assistance to passengers' families. The airline also sent its own team of caregivers and volunteers and agreed to bear the expense of bringing family members of the passengers to Kuala Lumpur and providing them with accommodation, medical care, and counselling. Altogether, 115 family members of the Chinese passengers flew to Kuala Lumpur. Some
Timeline of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 no debris from Flight 370. In late May, work on a bathymetric survey begins in preparation for the next phase of the search. In early April, Malaysia submits a preliminary report to the ICAO, which is publicly released on 1 May along with recordings of conversations between Flight 370 and air traffic control. On 27 May, the complete log of transmissions between Flight 370 and Inmarsat via satellite are released, following weeks of public pressure. During this time, preparations are made for the next phase of the search, which was initially scheduled to begin in August, but did not commence