NASA joins hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines plane

The Beijing-bound Boeing 777-200 mysteriously disappeared from radar screens an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on March 7.

Despite massive search operations involving the navies and military aircraft from 13 countries, there has been no trace of the missing jet.

Malaysia today widened its search in the Indian Ocean for the plane and sought radar data from its neighbours and India.

The missing jetliner was carrying 227 passengers, including five Indians and one Indian-origin Canadian, and 12 crew members.