• Members of the media gather on the tarmac before the departure of a Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force P-3 Orion from the RAAF base Pearce in Bullsbrook, 35 kms north of Perth. Paul Kane / AFP
    Members of the media gather on the tarmac before the departure of a Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force P-3 Orion from the RAAF base Pearce in Bullsbrook, 35 kms north of Perth. Paul Kane / AFP
  • A Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft crew member wipes clean the windscreen of the aircraft before it takes off from RAAF base Pearce in Bullsbrook, 35 kilometres north of Perth. Jason Reed / EPA
    A Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft crew member wipes clean the windscreen of the aircraft before it takes off from RAAF base Pearce in Bullsbrook, 35 kilometres north of Perth. Jason Reed / EPA
  • A Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft takes off from RAAF base Pearce in Bullsbrook, 35 kms north of Perth. Jason Reed / EPA
    A Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft takes off from RAAF base Pearce in Bullsbrook, 35 kms north of Perth. Jason Reed / EPA
  • One of two Japanese Government P-3 aircraft is guided to a stop on arrival at the RAAF Pearce airbase in Perth, Australia. Jason Reed / EPA
    One of two Japanese Government P-3 aircraft is guided to a stop on arrival at the RAAF Pearce airbase in Perth, Australia. Jason Reed / EPA
  • Airport ground staff inspect one of two Chinese Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 aircrafts used in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, upon its return from the southern Indian Ocean, on the tarmac at Perth Internatational Airport. Jason Reed / EPA
    Airport ground staff inspect one of two Chinese Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 aircrafts used in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, upon its return from the southern Indian Ocean, on the tarmac at Perth Internatational Airport. Jason Reed / EPA
  • A Japanese Air Force AP-3C Orion arrives to help with a search mission at the RAAF Pearce airbase in Perth, Aistralia. The search to identify whether objects spotted in the Indian Ocean are related to missing flight MH370 continues. Bob Griffith /EPA
    A Japanese Air Force AP-3C Orion arrives to help with a search mission at the RAAF Pearce airbase in Perth, Aistralia. The search to identify whether objects spotted in the Indian Ocean are related to missing flight MH370 continues. Bob Griffith /EPA
  • A Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force member inspects a P-3C Orion before departure from the RAAF base Pearce in Bullsbrook, 35 kms north of Perth. Paul Kane / AFP
    A Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force member inspects a P-3C Orion before departure from the RAAF base Pearce in Bullsbrook, 35 kms north of Perth. Paul Kane / AFP
  • Australia’s Department of Defence shows Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Aircraft Captain Flight Lieutenant Josh Williams at the controls of an AP-3C Orion on route to RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia after searching the southern Indian Ocean as part of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority-led search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Austrailain Defence / Leading Seaman Justin Brown / AFP
    Australia’s Department of Defence shows Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Aircraft Captain Flight Lieutenant Josh Williams at the controls of an AP-3C Orion on route to RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia after searching the southern Indian Ocean as part of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority-led search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Austrailain Defence / Leading Seaman Justin Brown / AFP

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In pictures: Intense search in Indian Ocean for missing MH370

Robert Gurdebeke

March 24, 2014

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A Chinese search plane discovered “suspicious objects” in the southern Indian Ocean on Monday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, raising the possibility that they could be from a Malaysia Airlines plane missing for over two weeks.

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