MUMBAI, March 13 -- Two Indian ships from Andaman island Thursday join search for missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 which carries 239 passengers, local media NDTV reported.

The Defence Ministry has also ordered more aircraft and helicopters to be deployed for search operation that involves a dozen countries. India's latest long-range maritime reconnaissance planes, Boeing P8i and Dorniers, will also join the search.

India is likely to begin looking for the aircraft in the area east of Campbell Bay. Air Marshal PK Roy will coordinate the operations.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, with 239 people on board, vanished from air traffic control screens midway between Malaysia' s east coast and Vietnam. Its fate remains a mystery and no wreckage has been identified.