THE search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 swung northwest towards the Andaman Sea yesterday, far from its intended flight path.

    Vietnam scaled back its efforts to locate the jet, carrying 239 passengers, which had focused on the South China Sea where the jet last made contact on a journey between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing.

    China’s foreign ministry said it is expanding searches at sea, but its aircraft are not conducting searches over land.

    The country’s civil aviation chief Li Jiaxiang earlier said that the efforts would be expanded to include land areas.

    Over 42 vessels and 39 aircrafts from 12 countries with the help of 10 Chinese high-resolution satellites have been scouring the South China Sea for signs of the jet, but without any clues.(SD-Agencies)