PUTRAJAYA, March 14 — Britain is sending a team of experts from its Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) to help Malaysia in its efforts to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, The Star Online reported today.

The team is made up of two AAIB senior investigators and an advisor from Rolls Royce, the maker of the engines used in the missing jet.

“The AAIB offered its assistance to the Malaysian authorities as the investigation body for the country of manufacture of the engines.  “This is the normal procedure for any incident involving an aircraft with UK manufactured engines,” the British High Commission said in a statement, as quoted by The Star Online.

“It is valuable to have this expertise on the ground when the MH370 aircraft is discovered and the Malaysian authorities move rapidly into the investigation phase.”