Media Release
1 April 2014
Ten planes and nine ships will assist in Tuesday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has determined a search area of about 120,000 square kilometres, west of Perth.
Ten military plane, two Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orions, two Malaysian C-130s, a Chinese Ilyushin IL-76, a United States Navy P8 Poseidon, a Japanese Gulfstream jet, a Republic of Korea P3 Orion, a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3, a Japanese P3 Orionwill assist in the search, with a civil jet providing a communications relay.
Nine ships have been tasked to search in four separate areas. Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield departed HMAS Stirling on Monday night, with a pinger locator.
Weather in the search area is expected to be poor, with areas of low visibility.
A Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) was established on Monday and is being led by Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Angus Houston AC AFC (Ret'd) in Perth to effectively communicate Australian government activities in relation to the search and recovery operation.
This Australian government initiative will provide timely information to families of passengers and crew on board the missing aircraft and inform the public about the latest available information.
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