KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese relatives of the passengers on the missing Malaysian jet have changed hotels to make way for crews arriving for the Malaysian grand prix after two weeks of searches that have yielded little more than fresh questions.

Some Chinese family members who flew to the Southeast Asian nation to be closer to the heart of search operations had been staying at the Cyberview Resort & Spa near Kuala Lumpur, where they were engaged in what was at times an emotional struggle to elicit information from the government.

“The Chinese families were here, but they have already left. We are fully booked. There is no space because of Formula One,” a woman who answered the phone at the resort told Reuters. She did not give her name and said she did not know where the families would be staying. Malaysian officials said the families would be put up at another hotel.