<p>Malaysia has so far spent about RM27.6 million (over $9 million) on search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, an official said Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that the cost was for food and fuel for five Malaysian agencies that took part in the search, Xinhua reported.<br /><br />The five agencies were the Royal Malaysian air force, navy, police, fire and rescue department and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.<br /><br />"The cost that we had to bear is relatively small compared with the other assets given by other countries used in the search", he said.<br /><br />Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, left the Kuala Lumpur International Airport for Beijing, China, at 12.41 a.m. on March 8 and disappeared from radar screens about an hour later while over the South China Sea.<br /><br />Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced March 24 that flight MH370 had "ended in the southern Indian Ocean," following analysis of data released by British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat.<br /><br />However, the Malaysian government said in a statement issued last week that the country will keep searching for MH370 for as long as it takes. </p>
<p>Malaysia has so far spent about RM27.6 million (over $9 million) on search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, an official said Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that the cost was for food and fuel for five Malaysian agencies that took part in the search, Xinhua reported.<br /><br />The five agencies were the Royal Malaysian air force, navy, police, fire and rescue department and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.<br /><br />"The cost that we had to bear is relatively small compared with the other assets given by other countries used in the search", he said.<br /><br />Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, left the Kuala Lumpur International Airport for Beijing, China, at 12.41 a.m. on March 8 and disappeared from radar screens about an hour later while over the South China Sea.<br /><br />Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced March 24 that flight MH370 had "ended in the southern Indian Ocean," following analysis of data released by British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat.<br /><br />However, the Malaysian government said in a statement issued last week that the country will keep searching for MH370 for as long as it takes. </p>