In March of 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared over the Indian Ocean. COMPENSATION The disappearance of the airplane, traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, is still a mystery. Almost ten years later in a court in Beijing, families were demanding compensation and the truth about what happened to their lost loved ones. Compensation is something, often money, given to someone to make up for damage or trouble caused them. It can also describe something good that acts as a balance against something bad.