29 Chinese artists on board missing Malaysia Airlines plane after Kuala Lumpur exhibition
An entourage of artists was aboard the missing Flight 370 after completing an exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, an organiser said yesterday. A group of 29, comprising 19 painters and calligraphers, six relatives and four staff from the Chinese organiser's company, were on the flight.
An entourage of artists was aboard the missing Flight 370 after completing an exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, an organiser said yesterday.
A group of 29, comprising 19 painters and calligraphers, six relatives and four staff from the Chinese organiser's company, were on the flight.
Six other artists who also exhibited works were due to take another flight to Shanghai, Liao Weicheng, a director of Art Peninsular Enterprise, told the Sunday Morning Post by phone.
"I saw them off at the airport at about 9.30pm after helping them check in. And then I called Hou Bo, the head of the Chinese organisers, when I got home just after midnight and he said everything was fine," Liao said.
Hou, 33, was listed on the passenger manifest for Flight 370 that was released by Malaysia Airlines.
"I felt so sad after hearing the news. The weather was OK. Nobody could have predicted this," Liao said.