Malaysia flight MH370: China planes boost Indian Ocean hunt

LONDON. KAZINFORM Two Chinese military planes have arrived in Perth in Australia to join international search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet.

Crews are scouring vast areas of the southern Indian Ocean for a fourth day.

Satellite images of floating objects and the sighting of a wooden pallet on Saturday have raised hopes that the airliner may be in the area, BBC News reports.

China had criticised Malaysia for its handling of the search. Most of the 239 people on board were Chinese.

Malaysian officials suspect the plane, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, was deliberately taken off course when it disappeared on 8 March.

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