Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Six Months Without a Trace

Six months ago, on March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines
Flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared about an hour
into a routine journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing,
with 239 mostly Chinese people aboard. The search is
due to resume again soon, with investigators hoping
that evidence might be found in the southern Indian
Ocean, though it will be extremely difficult to find on
an ocean floor four miles deep, with the black box
voice and data recorder batteries long dead. Loved
ones of missing passengers are left with huge holes in
their lives, losses without explanation, grieving in a
painfully uncertain situation. Some derive what
comfort they can from what was left behind,
photographs, possessions, emails, plans, and
memories. Reuters photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon
recently traveled to Beijing to photograph several of
these relatives, trying to cope, still looking for
answers. [16 photos]
Feng Xuehong, whose son Wang Houbin was aboard
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which disappeared on
March 8, 2014, cries during an interview with Reuters
in Beijing on July 18, 2014. In the last conversation
with her son before the incident, he said, “Give me a
hug, mom. Take care of yourself and I’ll come back to
see you soon.” (Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon)