An engaged couple on holiday with his parents and a family of four are among the victims of the doomed AirAsia flight that crashed into the sea.
Contact was lost with air traffic control on Sunday as Flight QZ8501 headed to Singapore from the Indonesia city of Surabaya with 162 people on board.
Nearly all those on the plane were Indonesian, but they also included three from South Korea, and one each from the UK, Malaysia, France and Singapore.
Their stories are beginning to emerge.
Ruth Natalia Puspitasari, who would have turned 26 on Monday, was on the flight with her fiance, Bob Hartanto Wijaya and future parents-in-law for a New Year's holiday.
She called her father, Suyanto, just before she boarded, and she told him excitedly that they planned to celebrate her birthday in Singapore.
Suyanto told reporters that his daughter had showed particular concern for the families of the MH370 tragedy.
Ms Puspitasari once told him how sad it must be for the victims' relatives who were left waiting for their loved ones with no certainty.
She and her fiance reportedly met at Petra Christian University in Surabaya, Indonesia - the same town their ill-fated flight had taken off from.
But after graduating, economics student Ms Puspitasari - from East Java - had moved to Guangzhou, China.
Her fiance, who had studied architecture, stayed behind after becoming co-owner of Eka Toys in his hometown of Malang.
Chi Man Choi, British businessman and daughter Zoe were also among the passengers. His Singaporean wife and their other child had travelled back to Singapore on an earlier flight, according to Channel News Asia.
They were all believed to be flying to Singapore for New Year's Eve celebrations with his family.
In Singapore, student Chiara Natasya Tanus, 15, had been waiting eagerly for a visit from her parents, Hermanto Tanus, his partner Indahju Liangsih and brothers, Nico Giovanni, 17, and nine-year-old Justin Giovanni.
She had not seen her family, who are from Surabaya, since she left for Singapore to pursue her secondary education two months ago.
She told Malaysia's The Star: "My mum called me on the 23rd and told me she would visit me very soon, but then this happened.
"I was so excited. I was looking forward to showing my dormitory to my family and we were planning for a holiday in Singapore," she added.
Nanang Priyo Widodo, 43, had only been back in Indonesia for one day after a business trip to Malaysia before he left for another one in Singapore.
He had ridden his motorcycle to get to the airport as quickly as possible.
His wife, Warih Aditya, 33, told the Jakarta Post: "He arrived home two days ago from accompanying tourists to Malaysia. He was at home for one day, then had to go with other clients to Singapore."
Meanwhile, debris found during the search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 is from the aircraft, the airline has confirmed.
The debris of the aircraft was found in the Karimata Strait around 110 nautical miles south west from Pangkalan Bun.
At least 40 bodies and wreckage including a plane door and oxygen tanks have been recovered in the search.
The bodies - which were not wearing life jackets - have been brought on board a navy ship, said Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Director SB Supriyadi.
