All times Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)
- Today’s search and recovery operation in the Australian Search and Rescue Region for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is now underway.
- Search activities today will involve a total of 10 aircraft.
- Nine military aircraft will join today’s search. They include two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orions, a Republic of Korea P3 Orion, a Republic of Korea C130 Hercules, a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion, a Chinese military Ilyushin IL-76, a United States Navy P8 Poseidon aircraft, a Japanese coast guard jet, and a Japanese P3 Orion.
- One civil aircraft will act as a communications relay in the search area today.
- The first aircraft to leave Perth for the search area was the Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft about 9am.
- The Republic of Korea Hercules C130 departed for the search area about 10am.
- The RNZAF P3 Orion is scheduled to depart after 11am, followed by the civil jet acting as communications relay.
- The Japan Coast Guard jet is scheduled to depart about 1pm.
- The Republic of Korea P3 Orion is scheduled to depart about 2pm.
- The two RAAF P3 Orion aircraft are scheduled to depart between 1pm and 3pm.
- The United States Navy P8 Poseidon and the Japanese P3 Orion are scheduled to depart about 5pm.
- A total of five ships have also been tasked to today’s search.
http://amsa.gov.au/media/documents/2...departures.pdf