PLEASE NOTE THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3<br/> <br />Friends and relatives of some of those on board the Malaysia Airlines flight to Beijing gathered at the airport in the Chinese capital anxiously waiting for news.<br/> <br />Flight MH 370 from Kuala Lumpur last had contact with air traffic controllers 120 nautical miles off the east coast of Kota Bharu in Malaysia.<br/> <br />The Boeing 777-200 plane was carrying 227 and 12 crew.<br/> <br />Malaysia Airlines' group chief executive officer said a search was underway involving Malaysian, Vietnamese and Chinese authorities.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AHMAD JAUHARI YAHYA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We are working with authorities who have activated the search and rescue team to locate the aircraft. Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crews."<br/> <br />Most of the passengers on board the missing plane are Chinese.<br/> <br />The airline said other nationalities included Malaysian, Indonesian, Austra
