MH370: Search resumes in reasonable weather conditions - AMSA

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) in its statement on Saturday, however, stated that conditions may deteriorate later in the day.

Saturday’s search will see the involvement of eight aircrafts which includes three Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orions, a Japanese Coast Guard jet, a Japanese P3 Orion, a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force Ilyushin IL-76, and one civil jet acting as a communications relay.

The first aircraft which departed to the search area was the Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 at 9:05am while the first RAAF P3 Orion departed at 9:50am.

Two other RAAF P3 Orions are scheduled to depart around 1pm and the Japan Coast Guard jet will depart at about 2pm.

Others jets departing includes the civil jet at 1pm, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion at 3pm and the Japanese P3 Orion at 4pm.

The Chinese Maritime Safety Administration ship Haixun 01 has been on scene for relocating objects from first light, added AMSA.

Friday’s search area of the missing aircraft shifted north to an area 1,100 kilometres (685 miles) northeast of where they have been looking for a week, far off western Australia following credible leads provided by international air crash investigators in Malaysia.

Multiple objects of various colours were spotted by five aircrafts during Friday’s search.

The objects however, could not be verified or discounted as being from flight MH370 until they are relocated and recovered by ships.