
We have the family around, so we are getting through this.”

“It is a very difficult time for all of us but we are managing. “We’re just trying to cope and we’re all trying to stay strong for the children of my brother and sister-in-law they are what is keeping us going,” said Mohan, who runs an IT business in Dubai and has lived here for more than seven years. The Mukherjees are among hundreds of anxious relatives across the world who fear the worst. The search for traces of the plane continues, with Malaysia denying that its efforts are in disarray after China said the hunt was chaotic. The Boeing 777 lost contact with civil aviation ground controllers two hours after it took off from Kuala Lumpur at 12.41am on Saturday. Muktesh Mukherjee, 42, an Indian-born Canadian, and his Chinese wife Bai Xiaomo, 37, were among 239 passengers and crew on flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Mohan Mukherjee, 40, travelled to the Chinese capital with his mother Uma and father Malay, so the family can be close to Mirav and Miles, aged 9 and 2, who are being looked after by their maternal grandmother. DUBAI // A businessman has flown from Dubai to Beijing to comfort his young nephews, whose parents were passengers on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight that has been missing since Saturday.
