UPDATE [1.

30pm]: Highlights from a press statement by the Transport Ministry this afternoon: - The Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force have deployed their assets to the southern corridor (Indonesia to southern Indian ocean). - The Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent diplomatic notes to all countries along the northern and southern corridors requesting for: 1) Radar and satellite information 2) Land, sea and aerial search operations 3) Search and rescue action plans for relevant countries 4) Details of any information required from Malaysia - Police are investigating crew and passengers of MH370 as well as all ground staff handling the aircraft; cops have re-assembled simulator taken from pilot's home. - French investigators have arrived to share their knowledge from the search for Air France flight 447, which crashed in 2009. - Countries involved in search and rescue are: Malaysia, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkmenistan, UAE, UK, US, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.