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KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Malaysian government had asked as many as 25 countries for assistance and received " unprecedented" positive response, as the search for the missing jet liner continues to demand immense resources, officials said here on Sunday.

As search operations entered the ninth day and Malaysian officials uncovered new data on the possible flight path of MH 370 that point to two new corridors, the demand for satellite information, radar playback, aircraft and vessels have become greater, Malaysia's Transportation Minister Hishamuddin Hussein told reporters.

The new search areas announced on Saturday encompass a northern corridor stretching approximately from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand as well as a southern one from Indonesia to the southern Indian Ocean.

"We are now looking at large tracts of land crossing 11 countries as well as deep and remote oceans. The number of countries involved in the search and rescue operations has increased from 14 to 25, which brings new challenges of coordination and diplomacy to the effort," he said.

In the last 24 hours the Malaysian prime minister has spoken to prime ministers of Bangladesh and India, as well as presidents of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. The Malaysian foreign minister has also briefed officials from countries in the north and southern corridors. This includes a briefing to representatives from 22 countries including nations along the new search corridors as well as other countries that may be able to help.

"Basically, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Australia have been approached. Malaysian officials are requesting assistance from these and other countries. This support includes general satellite data, radar playback, visions of ground and sea search and assets as appropriate," he added.

"We are asking countries with satellite assets including the U. S, China and France among others to provide further satellite data. We are contacting additional countries who may be able to contribute specific assets. These assets are particularly needed to cover the vast areas of the southern search corridor."

Both corridors will be treated with equal importance and Malaysia is still in discussions to decide how assets provided by friendly countries will be used.

Malaysian police had also revisited the homes of the pilot and co-pilot, retrieving the flight simulator of the pilot, which is being investigated. Meanwhile, Malaysian Airlines said the pilot and co-pilot did not request to fly together, dismissing speculation of a pre-planned hijack attempt.

Hussein also told reporters that no extra fuel or hazardous cargo was carried on the flight. Authorities would continue to analyze the backgrounds of the 239 passengers and crew members with the help of international intelligence agencies, but Malaysian Police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar refused to give any details and said only that nothing suspicious has come up.

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3月16日下午5點(diǎn)30分，馬來西亞官方在吉隆坡再次召開新聞發(fā)布會，通報(bào)馬航失聯(lián)航班的最新搜救和調(diào)查進(jìn)展。馬來西亞國防部長兼代理交通部長希沙姆丁，馬來西亞民航總局干事長、馬來西亞航空首席執(zhí)行官（CEO）艾哈邁德、馬來西亞皇家警察總監(jiān)哈立德（Khalid）出席發(fā)布會。

希沙姆丁表示，馬航失聯(lián)航班目前的搜救行動已經(jīng)進(jìn)入新的階段，面臨的情況更加復(fù)雜。搜救國家的數(shù)量由14國增加到25國。馬來西亞已經(jīng)同孟加拉國總理、哈薩克斯坦總統(tǒng)、印度總理等通話，尋求協(xié)助；已要求美國、中國、法國提供更多衛(wèi)星數(shù)據(jù)。搜救仍由馬方主導(dǎo)。對于飛機(jī)可能失聯(lián)的兩大南北走廊，在搜救時(shí)它們同樣重要。

希沙姆丁說，馬警方正調(diào)查機(jī)上所有機(jī)組人員和乘客，包括起飛前聯(lián)絡(luò)的技術(shù)師。機(jī)長和副駕駛此前并未要求共同執(zhí)行失聯(lián)MH370航班的飛行任務(wù)，兩人是航空公司隨機(jī)安排的。

希沙姆丁說，暫未發(fā)現(xiàn)飛機(jī)上行李或貨物有任何異常，不過他們會繼續(xù)進(jìn)行調(diào)查。

馬來西亞警察總監(jiān)哈立德同時(shí)確認(rèn)，警方昨天搜索了機(jī)長和副機(jī)長的住所，并檢查了機(jī)長的模擬飛行系統(tǒng)。對于失聯(lián)飛機(jī)進(jìn)行的調(diào)查包括劫機(jī)、破壞、恐怖襲擊等可能性。

此外，馬方還表示，通常航班會帶45分鐘或1小時(shí)的儲備燃油，飛機(jī)起飛時(shí)所載有的航油量符合原定計(jì)劃，并未載有計(jì)劃外的油量。飛機(jī)計(jì)劃可以飛行7.5-8小時(shí)。當(dāng)飛機(jī)與衛(wèi)星聯(lián)系時(shí)，有可能飛機(jī)已經(jīng)降落。

對于馬航失聯(lián)是“9·11”襲擊翻版的猜測，馬方回應(yīng)稱，馬方內(nèi)部安全預(yù)警信息運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)良好，未發(fā)現(xiàn)馬航MH370航班朝城市等陸地目標(biāo)行進(jìn)。未發(fā)現(xiàn)這架飛機(jī)要撞標(biāo)志建筑物。