New Delhi: Malaysia has asked India for assistance in searching the missing jetliner about five days back. As per the official reports, they sought the Indian help for widening the search operations to an area near the Andaman Sea.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said that Malaysian authorities have contacted their Indian counterparts for extending search operations at areas near the Andaman Sea. The Malaysian Airline jet carrying 239 passengers was heading from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it went missing on last Saturday.

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