Search for the missing Flight MH370 continues today with 12 military aircraft being deployed. Eight of the aircraft will carry out visual searches, two will assist with sonar detection, and another two for flight coordination.

Just four hours ago, the Chinese Ilyushin-76 aircraft departed from the Perth Airport for its search area 1,861 kilometers away. Its total flight will be 4,195 kilometers and cover a search area of 2,218 square kilometers.