Malaysia has sent diplomatic notes to 14 nations along the north and south corridors to help in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which has been reported missing since March 8.
SEPANG: Malaysia has sent diplomatic notes to 14 nations along the north and south corridors to help in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which has been reported missing since March 8.
Deputy Foreign Minister Hamzah Zainuddin said more than half of the nations had given their verbal agreement to help Malaysia find the aircraft.
He said Malaysia was still waiting for response from other countries on the diplomatic note which was sent on Monday morning.
"Our hope is that all the nations involved will respond to our request positively. This will not be a problem because most nations have agreed verbally," he said at the daily media conference on the progress of the search for flight MH370.
Last Saturday, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced that the search for the missing flight MH370 entered a new phase with attention shifted to the north and south corridors.
The north corridor is estimated to stretch from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to north Thailand, while the south corridor is from Indonesia to the north of the Indian Ocean.
On Monday, Malaysia through the Foreign Affairs Ministry sent diplomatic notes to countries along the two corridor to request their help in the search, including providing satellite data and analysis, radar data and maritime assets.
Among the countries involved include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.
Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, went missing about an hour after it left the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12.41am on March 8.
It was scheduled to arrive in Beijing at 6.30am the same day.
