Canberra says it will do more to help search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Source: AAP
CANBERRA will do more to help search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane if Kuala Lumpur needs additional assistance, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said after speaking with her Malaysian counterpart.
The Australian minister also flagged the need for tighter passport controls.
Malaysia has dispatched ships to investigate the sighting of a floating object that could be a life raft, as it continues to hunt for the missing airliner.
The plane's disappearance has led to an international search and rescue operation with Australia sending two P-3C Orion RAAF aircraft.
"It does show that countries pull together when there is a crisis such as this," Ms Bishop told reporters in London where she's attending the annual Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) meeting.
"I spoke to the Malaysian foreign minister Anifah (Aman) yesterday and offered him our support.
"I asked that if there was anything further that Australia could do they just have to let us know."
Ms Bishop said it was a very distressing time for the families of passengers and crew on the flight.
"We can assume that it has gone down but we don't know where or why."
Six Australians and two New Zealanders are among 239 people feared dead aboard the Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flight.
A terrorism investigation is underway amid revelations two passengers travelled on false passports.
Asked if Australian airports regularly scanned passports against the Interpol database of stolen documents, the foreign minister said: "I believe so."
"We would like to think that our passport system is exceedingly robust," Ms Bishop said.
"But this is an incident that is not isolated and the response from Interpol, for example, indicates that much tighter scrutiny may well be required."
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