MH370 live: Masih Banyak Perkara Yang Tersorok?

Malaysian Airlines MH370: live

Malaysian authorities say that the co pilot spoke the final words from the cockpit, as 26 countries help with the search, divided into a northern and southern corridor. All the latest here

By Harriet Alexander

10:12AM GMT 17 Mar 2014

• Search widened to include 26 countries
• Plane may have landed before satellite signals sent
• Tracking signals cut before pilot's last radio message 
• Pilots & engineers in contact with MH370 investigated
• 9/11-style terror allegations resurface
• Profile of missing plane's pilots emerges
• MH370: How much do we really know?
• In pictures: The hunt for MH370 

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10.13 So what have we learnt from that press conference?

- The co pilot spoke the last words to Air Traffic Control; "All right, OK." When asked if the voice recording was being analysed for stress, the authorities said that was part of the investigation and they couldn't comment.

- The last ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) transmittion from the plane was at 1.07am

- 26 countries are now involved in the search, which spans the border of 11 countries.

- The search has been divided into two corridors, a northern and southern one. The northern one runs from Laos to the Caspian Sea; the southern one from Sumatra into the Indian Ocean.

- Authorities defended their handling of the crisis.

- Malaysia says it is unaware of reports that the plane flew at 5,000ft to avoid radar detection.

10.12 The press conference has just finished.

10.11 Hishammuddin Hussein is saying:

We have to be very responsible with the statements we make, and think about the suffering of the families.

10.06 The authorities are being asked whether the plane was flying at 5,000ft.

We are not aware of that report. It doesn't come from us.

Read more on that claim here:

Missing Malaysia plane flew at 5,000ft and used 'terrain masking' to avoid radar detection

10.02 The Malaysian authorities are explaining how they calculate the size of the two search corridors.

For the northern corridor, if the aircraft was travelling at minimum speed, it went to Laos. At maximum speed it would have reached the Caspian Sea.

For the southern route; the minimum speed would have taken it west ofSumatra. At maximum speed, it would have reached the south of the Indian Ocean.

As you can appreciate, the area involved is huge. We are trying to narrow this.

That is why countries which have satellites or assets on the ground are being contacted.

09.59 The Malaysian team are asked: "Do you believe that the person who said 'All right, OK' was the pilot or the co pilot?"

We believe it was the co pilot.

They are then asked if the voice recording has been analysed for stress.

The Malysian officials say they cannot reveal that, as it is part of the investigation.

09.52 Mr Hussein says that they are going through the passenger list again, to check for any suspicious behaviour among passengers.

But as yet they have not found anything.

_{The home of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur}

09.48 Hishammuddin Hussein, the Malaysian transport minister, is being asked about the security checks performed on the pilot before he was permitted to fly.

He says they were standard, but are currently being reviewed.

Going forward, we will obviously look into this, and see if we can strengthen or tighten the requirements.

We are now on "Code Tango", which means a heightened security environment. Extra precautions are currently being taken.

09.45 Interesting to note that French investigators have been invited to assist the search.

Remember they spent two years searching for the wreckage of the Air France plane which crashed over the Atlantic in June 2009.

Our Washington correspondent, Raf Sanchez, has had a look at how the Malaysia Airlines disappearance compares to other tragedies.

In the search for Air France 447, an Airbus 330 flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, the first signs of wreckage were found a day after the crash.

The Air France Airbus also sent automated warning messages to its manufacturer as it began to go out of control in 2009. Boeing does not appear to have received any similar messages from its 777, leaving no clues of its fate.

Malaysia Airlines disappearance: how does it compare to other air tragedies?

09.42 Malaysia's transport minister is now taking questions.

China, India and Pakistan have said that the plane did not enter their air space.

Indonesian officials say it hasn't crossed their territory either.

09.40 Hishammuddin Hussein says that the search has been "recalibrated" over the past few days - into a northern and a southern corridor.

He said the Australians are taking control of the southern corridor.

He also held up two maps showing the new search areas. We'll bring you those when we get them.

09.35 Hishammuddin Hussein, the transport minister, continues:

As soon as we verified and corroborated the information, we recalibrated the search corridors, as stated by the Prime Minister.

Malaysia Airlines has set up operations centres in Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. The airline gives daily briefings to the families.

09.33 Experts from China, France and Australia have joined the search, Mr Hussein says.

On Saturday March 8 we began investigations into all crew members.

On Sunday March 9 we visited the homes the pilot and co-pilot and spoke to their families.

We visited the homes again on Saturday March 16 and took away the pilot's flight simulator.

09.32 The Malaysian transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, is giving a press conference now.

He says 26 countries are now involved in the search.

09.31 For a recap of all yesterday's developments, you can see our live coverage here:

Malaysian Airlines MH370: March 16 as it happened

09.30 Good morning and welcome to The Telegraph's live coverage of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370.