New Delhi:
Malaysia has sought India's help to locate a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner, foreign ministry said on Wednesday, as the search expanded to cover an area stretching from China to the Andaman Sea. (
Malaysia searching Andaman Sea for missing plane: official)
"Malaysia and India are in contact on this since yesterday and contact points are being discussed. These contact points will ascertain what assistance is required and what India can offer," a spokesman at the ministry said.
The spokesman said it had not yet been decided what area India would search in. India has a large military command in its Andaman and Nicobar islands and its navy patrols in the straits of Malacca.
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