Graphic of the search area produced by the NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/wo...t.html?hp&_r=0
The image above has an overlay which does not link. Thus, one needs to go to the NY Times site.
Image is part of a NY Times article with much discussion of the confusing, contradicting, and less than forthcoming statements of government authorities.
I've read an explanation that Malaysia does not have a protocol which assigns authority and responsibility to start and conduct an investigation to a specific government body. The result is what you see, --when nobody is in charge, everybody is in charge.