Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: Timeline

March 15: Vietnam ends search for the missing jet since nothing is found in the South China Sea. March 15: Police search the homes of pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmed Shah and co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid and find a personal flight simulator in Zaharie's residence. March 15: The Thai navy suspends its search over the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea. March 15: India intensifies efforts by deploying additional naval and air assets for searching an expanded area in central and east Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. March 16: Reports say that the pilot and co-pilot did not ask to fly together. March 16: The Malaysian government asks for assistance from as many as 25 countries, including Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Australia.