MH370 The landing strips for airports in Diego Garcia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and  India were among those found in the flight simulator programme taken from MH370 pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's home.

Berita Harian , which attributed this information to unnamed investigators, said this may lend another clue to the investigation on the whereabouts of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft, now missing for 11 days.

The source told the newspaper that such software information should prompt checks if the Boeing 777-200 with 239 passengers onboard had landed somewhere.

Among the software found in the simulator were Maldives' Male international airport, a US military-base Diego Garcia and three more 1,000 metre runways - two in India and another in Sri Lanka.

"The possibility that the aircraft landed at a unsecured runway cannot now be ruled out, other than the theory that it landed in the sea, mountains or any open ground," the source told Berita Harian.

The source added that even though acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein had denied claims that the plane landed at Diego Garcia, investigations would still be carried out based on the software discovery.

Other than the software for the flight simulator, investigators were also looking into Zaharie's flight record. Previously it was reported that the pilot with over three decades experience with MAS, had 18,365 flying hours.

Meanwhile, Sinar Harian today said that it was not unusual for a pilot to have a flight simulator at home as a hobby or for training purposes.

Commercial pilots are tested every six months using such simulators, it reported. However, such high-tech equipment were usually bought from overseas although the software can be acquired anywhere.