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Ten Aircraft Searching Indian Ocean for Signs of Plane
The search in the Indian Ocean for
the missing Malaysia Airlines jet resumed just after daybreak on Monday,
Australian authorities announced.
In
a news release, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it had
directed 10 aircraft early Monday (local time) to scour for possible
objects in a search area nearly 1,600 miles southwest of Perth. Joining
the mission are two large Chinese military Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft and a
Japanese P-3C aircraft.
Authorities staggering aircraft departure times, beginning with 8:45 a.m. and ending with 4 p.m.
The agency said weather conditions were "expected to deteriorate" — and rain could hamper search efforts.
The
search area on Monday was divided into two sectors covering a
cumulative 26,000 square miles, AMSA said. The previous search, which
concluded late Sunday (local time), ended without any luck.
Flying
Office Peter Moore of the Royal Australian Air Force told reporters
after returning from the Sunday search that weather conditions were less
than favorable, with a low cloud ceiling at about 500 feet, fog and
showers.
France has new satellite data
showing possible debris in southern search zone, officials said Sunday,
but so far there has been no solid evidence of the whereabouts of the
plane that vanished two weeks ago with 239 passengers and crew on board.
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