PUTRAJAYA, March 10 — Malaysians continue to offer special prayers for the safety of the passengers and crew of MAS Flight MH370 which has gone missing since March 8.

In a special session today, Ustaz Tuan Ismail Tuan Abdullah from the home ministry, who led a congregation, prayed that efforts to locate the aircraft proceed unhindered.

Also present in the congregation was Datin Seri Anggraini Sentiyakithe, wife of the federal territories minister, who visited the next-of-kin of the passengers and crew members of MH370 at their accomodation here today.

The Beijing-bound aircraft which ferried 227 passengers and 12 crewmen disappeared from the radar screen, about an hour after departing from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12.41am on Saturday.

It was scheduled to arrive in Beijing at 6.30am. — Bernama