Mother-in-law of Boeing 777 - MH370 passenger distraught

Hajjah Putih Haji Idris looked distraught and almost close to tears as she talked about her daughter-in-law, Nor Fadzillah Mat Rahim, who was on flight MH370 to Beijing.

Hajjah Putih said she received a phone call from Malaysia Airlines at around 6am this morning, and she rushed to KLIA.

Hajjah Putih Haji surrounded by journalists at KLIA

Not revealing a whole lot of information, she said that she was told by the airlines to nominate two family representatives to be at the airport with their passports ready at 6pm today.

They will then be brought to an unmentioned location.

"Nor Fadzillah has four children a three daughters and a son.She is a very good and loving daughter-in-law," said Hajjah Putih.

MH370, a code share flight with China Southern Airlines, left KLIA for Beijing at 12:41am this morning.

All communication with the plane was lost at 2:40am and no distress signal or call was received.

The flight had registered 239 passengers, 38 of them Malaysian. It was scheduled to arrive at Beijing International Airport at 6:30am local time.