29 planes, 21 ships and six helicopters now involved in the exhaustive search for possible debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Indian Ocean
The exhaustive search operation for the MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean has been bolstered by extra military and commercial vessels and much clearer weather, with Australia-led air teams joined by ships and helicopters as officials scramble to cover the massive 600,000 square-kilometre search area.
The first of Australia's Orion P3 aircraft has completed its two-hour sweep of the search area, some 2,500 kilometres (1,500 miles) south-west of Perth after American satellite imagery picked up two large objects – one up to 24 metres (78ft) in length.
Royal Australian Air Force Loadmasters, Sergeant Adam Roberts (L) and Flight Sergeant John Mancey (R), prepare to launch a data marker buoy from a C-130J Hercules aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean as part of the Australian Defence Force's assistance to the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
Two pieces of wreckage that are possibly from the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 - one estimated to be 78ft in size - have been found to the west of Australia . Satellite pictures released by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority of the object thought to be related to the search for MH370
The southern search zone is one of the most remote places on Earth
Google Earth map shows just how remote the search area is in the southern Indian Ocean
Officials are preparing for the worst possible news with aviation experts still trying to unravel the enduring mystery of flight MH370, which disappeared on March 08,2014
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