Kuala Lumpur, Dec 1 (IANS): Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and four others were Monday ordered to submit their statement of defence over the suit filed by two children of a passenger aboard the missing flight MH370.

High Court deputy registrar K. Pavani ordered all defendants to file their defence before Dec 15, The Malaysian Star reported.

Pavani has set Jan 12 for the matter to be heard before a trial judge, said the childrens' lead counsel Arunan Selvaraj.

"We have a lot of witnesses. We got very good leads. We are filtering who will be called as our witnesses," the counsel said.

He said that foreign experts have e-mailed to them offering to help in the case.

Arunan said they wanted answers to various queries over the missing plane.

"The plane is said to have ended at the Indian Ocean, so what is the conclusion?

"We are interested to know what transpired when the plane went missing March 8,” he said.

In the suit, the plaintiffs have also named the civil aviation director-general, the immigration director-general, the air force chief and the Malaysian government as defendants.

The two boys, aged 13 and 11, Oct 31 filed the civil claim through their mother Ng Pearl Ming, 38.

Their father, Jee Jing Hang, 41, was a businessman on board the Beijing-bound flight.

In the statement of claim, the boys said their father had entered into an agreement with MAS for safe passage to Beijing when he paid the airfare.

They claimed that MAS had breached the agreement when the plane failed to land in Beijing at 6.30 a.m.

The plaintiffs are seeking damages over the loss of support and mental anguish suffered by them as a result of the incident.