Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly written to Malaysian Mohammad Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak and expressed solidarity over the loss of lives in the Malaysian plane tragedy.

In a letter to the Malaysian Prime Minister, Modi has said there there is "justifiable outrage across the world and India fully supports efforts for an investigation that can help establish the exact circumstances in which the incident took place, " a statement from the Indian Prime Minister's Office said Saturday.

Some 298 people were killed when the ill-fated flight, MH-17, was shot down allegedly by pro-Russian rebels over the Ukranian airspace Thursday.