KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 -- Malaysia Airlines is working closely with various sides in taking care of families and crews of a missing passenger jet and cooperating with the search and rescue authorities coordinated by the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia (DCA) and the Ministry of Transport, the company said Monday afternoon.

In its 10th statement since the weekend disappearance of its MH370 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard, the company said that it is working closely with the government of China to expedite the issuance of passports for the families intending to travel to Malaysia.

Malaysia Airlines is deploying an additional aircraft to bring the families from Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

But the company said that to protect the privacy and well-being of the families, the flight details of the families' arrival and their movements would be kept confidential.

The company's partners have been engaged to help bring family members in other countries aside from China into Kuala Lumpur.

The company will provide the families with timely information, travel facilities, accommodation, meals, medical and emotional support. The costs for these are all borne by Malaysia Airlines, the statement said.

Regarding queries about how the passengers with the stolen passports purchased their tickets, the company did not comment on the matter, calling it a security issue.

The company said it has given all the flight details to the authorities for further investigation.

DCA has confirmed that search and rescue teams from Australia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, New Zealand and the United States of America have come forward to assist.

The Boeing 777-200 aircraft operated by Malaysia Airlines left Kuala Lumpur International Airport for Beijing at 00:41 a.m. Saturday, and lost contact at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday.

The aircraft was carrying 12 crew members and 227 passengers including 154 Chinese. There has been no confirmed information about the fate of the plane yet.