Air France crash expert Jean-Paul Troadec brought in to help find MH370

French Aviation Accident Investigation Bureau president Jean-Paul Troadec has been brought in for his expertise in search for missing Malaysia Airlines' flight MH370.

Troadec was the previous head of the Air France 447 investigation team, who orchestrated the successful search for the black boxes of a crashed Air France passenger jet.

Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled long-haul passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1, 2009.

The plane, an Airbus A330, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 passengers, aircrew and cabin crew aboard.

Troadec was present with search coordinator retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston in the press conference.

According to news.com.au, a trilateral meeting on the search for missing MH370 will be held in Canberra on Monday, between the Malaysian, Chinese and Australian governments.

Houston has travelled to Malaysia to begin consultation in the lead up to the meeting.

He reiterated that the new focused underwater search will take about eight to 12 months.

He added that they're searching in the right area - the southern Indian Ocean - adding the Bangladeshi navy hasn't found anything in the Bay of Bengal, the report said.

Houston added that the search would continue because authorities owed it to the families of the victims and the world to learn what happened to the ill-fated flight, it added.