Next of kin of the crew member of the missing MAS flight MH370 claims the national airline has "abandoned" them after discovering they have engaged a foreign law firm for legal assistance.

Jacquita Gonzales, the wife of Patrick Gomez who was the in-flight supervisor of the flight, said MAS stopped the caregiver services one and a half weeks ago after realising that some of them have engaged US-based Ribbeck Law Chartered.