The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumed Friday in the southern Indian Ocean with long-range reconnaissance aircraft looking for possible debris from the jetliner in one of the most remote locations on Earth. Aircraft from Australia and the United States have staggered departures to an area roughly 1,500 miles southwest of Perth, where two objects were captured on satellite and described as possible pieces of the plane, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The first plane, an Australian air force P3 Orion, arrived in the search area early afternoon local time, the authority said. Given the distance from Australia to where the objects were spotted by a commercial satellite, the aircraft will only have between two and three hours to traverse the search area before having to start the return journey, the maritime authority said.First plane of the day arrives in the search area, Australia saysGiven the distance to the search area, the planes have only a few hours of search timeSailors aboard Norwegian cargo ship search through the night, spokesman saysOfficials caution the objects may not be plane debris, but shipping containers or something else
That area is far north of the region where _ forces were leading the search for the photographed objects, but in an area previously identified as a possible crash site for the plane.