By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 23:45 EST, 16 March 2014 | UPDATED: 00:22 EST, 17 March 2014 Australia has extended its search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 to include parts of the Indian Ocean. Malaysia's Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says Australia is among more than 15 countries considered to be possible locations for MH370, which has been missing since March 8, The Age reports. Other countries in the search include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, China, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and France. It could be anywhere: Malaysian authorities have called on Australia to broaden its search in the Indian Ocean
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Chief of Australia's Defence Force re-deploys two search planes
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Australia among more than 15 countries where plane could be found
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Search will move to the north and west of Cocos Islands
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