Malaysian authorities are probing the CCTV footage of the two imposters who travelled with Italian and Austrian passports in the aircraft.
"I am still puzzled how come [immigration officials] cannot think: an Italian and Austrian but with Asian facial features," Malaysia's interior minister Zahid Hamidi told a press conference, the country's Bernama daily reports.
"We will conduct an internal probe, particularly on the officers, who were on duty at the KLIA immigration counter during flight MH370."
The duo purchased the flight tickets at the same time from China Southern Airlines and had onward tickets from Beijing to Europe.
Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble had earlier said: "If Malaysia Airways [sic] and all airlines worldwide were able to check the passport details of prospective passengers against Interpol's database, then we would not have to speculate whether stolen passports were used by terrorists to board MH 370."
"Whilst it is too soon to speculate about any connection between these stolen passports and the missing plane, it is clearly of great concern that any passenger was able to board an international flight using a stolen passport listed in Interpol's databases."
The actual owners of the passports were found to be safe but the latest revelations have intensified the spiralling speculation that the flight was brought down by a terror attack.
The disclosures also come on the heels of reports citing an investigator as saying the flight could have disintegrated mid-air, at about 35,000 feet.
Investigators are probing all angles including terror strike while counter-terrorism agencies and the FBI have joined the ongoing operations.
Malaysian officials have also not ruled out the possibility of hijack. Civil Aviation Chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman told reporters that the fate of the aircraft remains a "mystery" and a possible hijack situation cannot be ruled out.
After over 60 hours of losing contact, the Malaysia Airlines flight remains missing as jets, submarines and ships from several southeast Asian nations continue to scour the South China Sea for the plane
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