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Families Urge The Airlines To Track Passenger’s Cell Phones

Scarlett Zhiqi Chen |
March 11, 2014 | 12:56 p.m. PDT

Executive Producer

No breakthrough has been made in the search for missing

The U.S. Army assists the search of MH 370 (Flickr | Official U.S. Navy page)
The U.S. Army assists the search of MH 370 (Flickr | Official U.S. Navy page)
 Malaysia Airline Flight MH370. But a few family members said that they were able to get through their beloved ones’ cell phones

According to The Washington Post, families also found three of the missing passengers’ QQ profiles, a Chinese online messenger service application, were still online. 

Families were upset that they could call missing passengers' cell phones, even though no one was picking up the phone, and questioned why Malaysian Airlines and the police couldn’t locate the position.

But experts told USA Today that ringtones do not necessarily mean the cell phones are still connected.

Read full story on The Washington Post.

SEE ALSO: News from Beijing TV station

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