M'sia to name international panel on aviation security

[KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government is expected to appoint an international panel on aviation security along with a parliament select committee to probe overall airline safety, but it downplayed the issue of two passengers boarding MH370 on stolen passports, an official has said.

Malaysia's Acting Transportation Minister Hishamuddin Hussein told media that the possibility of the two stolen passport holders having a hand in the disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft was ruled out earlier in the investigation and the " priority" remained to be the search and rescue operations.

"On the point of responsibility, I've indicated that not only the Malaysian air force is doing the panel of inquiry, the Ministry of Transport is coming up with an international panel, which is being formed at the moment.