Its shame the way this has all been handled. And how the lack of cooperation between countries seems to have let the search down. GEO political issues aside, I hope they can learn from this and have a concerted ASEAN approach to search and rescue. I 've been flying these routes and others daily for the last 8 years and since the debacle of the Adam Air search. I thought we were over this and lessons had been learnt. But obviously not.
In Central America they combined their ATC and SAR response many years ago, all for the better.