'We hope to find missing MH370 plane' says Malaysia minister

Malaysia's transport minister has said he is confident the MH370 airliner which disappeared almost a year ago will be found in the southern Indian Ocean.

Liow Tiong Lai told the BBC that search teams would keep looking for the aircraft, which had been carrying 239 passengers and crew.

''We are confident we can complete the search hopefully by May this year and we hope we can get the plane,'' he said.