KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — The international arrival hall at KL International Airport was filled with a slew of media members waiting for the first Chinese families to arrive from Beijing at 8am yesterday.

Members of support group NGO Tzu Chi Buddhist Association was seen waiting to assist the relatives as they settled in at their hotel.

After an hour of waiting and no sign of the passengers, a MAS officer told reporters that the flight had landed safely and the airline has ferried away 227 people, with two from each family.

The passengers were believed to have gone through a secure route, which brought them right to their transport and straight to their hotel.

MAS public relations officer Malini Saundrarajan later confirmed the 8am MAS flight did carry 227 passengers from Beijing, who were family members of passengers from the MH370 flight.

“More family members will be arriving tomorrow,” she added.