26 countries join search mission of the missing Malaysian plane
Kuala Lumpur: More than 26 countries are involved in search efforts for the plane missing since 8 March with 239 people on board.
The countries involved in the search and rescue operation include Malaysia, China, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, Britain, the United States, Uzbekistan and Vietnam .
The international search for the plane has extended into two vast air corridors, north and south of the plane’s last known location.
China has started searching its territory within the northern corridor for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, state media report. A total of 153 Chinese nationals were on board the missing aircraft.
Malaysia says the plane was intentionally diverted and could have flown on either a northern or southern arc from its last known position in the Malacca Straits.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday that based on the new data, the Malaysian authorities are trying to trace the missing jet in one of the two possible corridors, a northern one from the border between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to the northern Thailand, and a southern one stretching from Indonesia to southern Indian Ocean.
The Malaysian government is seeking assistance and expertise from more countries in the ongoing search and rescue operation for the missing Boeing. -Agencies
March 18, 2014
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