Search operations for missing plane resume
Press Trust of India Perth Search for the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 would continue today with upto 11 military aircraft, three civilian aircraft and 11 ships assisting in operations.
The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, a US Navy probe equipped with side-scan sonar, was again deployed last night from Australian navy ship Ocean Shield to map the ocean floor.
Data from the underwater vehicle Bluefin-21 was downloaded and being analyzed by the search authorities, according to a Joint Agency Coordinating Center (JACC) statement.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority has planned a visual search area totaling approximately 55,151 square kilometers.
"The center of the search areas lies approximately 2,087 kilometers north west of Perth," the statement said.