Missing plane MH370: Search area widened

There are still no confirmed sighting of any wreckage of the Malaysian airliner that disappeared during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, nearly three days after it went missing.

The authorities are further expanding the search areas in the Malacca Strait and the South China Sea.

Malaysian police say one passenger using a stolen passport has been identified.

Malaysia's civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman told a news conference that all security protocols had been compiled with.