MH370: Malaysia seeks India, Pakistan's help to search for missing plane

Malaysia is seeking for help from various countries, including India and Pakistan in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which is now in the second phase.

According to The Times of India, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had called India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday evening and requested technical help from India to corroborate the possible paths taken by flight MH370.

It is now reasonably certain that the airplane was deliberately diverted. It was tracked moving westward towards the Andaman Sea and Indian Ocean by powerful US military radars.

In his conversation with Manmohan, Najib confirmed that they were investigating two possible routes, the southern and northern arcs, said the English daily.

In Kuala Lumpur, Indian High Commissioner T.S Tirumurti and the Indian defence attache attended a meeting with top Malaysian officials to strategize about the future course of the investigation, said the report.

Sanjay Bhattacharyya, joint secretary (south) from the foreign ministry had also flown to Kuala Lumpur to attend these meetings.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said, "The Prime Minister, while sharing his concern and anxiety about the fate of the aircraft and the well-being of the passengers, assured all possible assistance from the concerned Indian authorities."

The report said that Najib also called Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif with a similar request. Pakistan is one of the countries, which could have been on the flight path of the diverted airplane.

Indian security forces on Sunday suspended their search efforts, waiting for fresh instructions from Malaysian authorities.