2 nations leading jet search have turbulent past

By Rod McGuirk

Published April 10, 2014 2:15pm ET

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2 nations leading jet search have turbulent past — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, chats with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, left, at Perth International airport on April 3, 2014 in Perth, Australia as Razak prepares to depart Australia after his visit during the search of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The search continues off the Western Australian coast for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that vanished on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew on board. (AP Photo/Paul Kane, Pool) | Paul Kane

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The leaders of Malaysia and Australia have used warm and glowing terms to assure the world that their partnership in the desperate hunt for a missing airliner is built on a firm and abiding friendship. But it’s also an odd-couple relationship that has proved brittle in the past and has been blighted by hostility, rivalries and cultural misunderstandings.

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