The most urgent task now is to speed up the search-and-rescue and investigation of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, said Guo Shaochun, the head of a Chinese joint working group in charge of the incident Wednesday.
Premier Li Keqiang phones captain of Chinese naval vessel searching for the Malaysian plane that vanished with 239 on board, including 154 Chinese.
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has extended to land, and latest maintenance checks showed the aircraft had no safety concerns, said the airline on Tuesday.
Five Chinese search and rescue vessels, including two warships, were searching for missing flight MH370 as of 3 pm Beijing time, the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center said Tuesday.
The so-far fruitless search for a missing Malaysian airliner entered its fourth day on Tuesday.
A New Zealand air force P3 Orion aircraft is en route to join the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is an "unprecedented aviation mystery", a senior official said on Monday.
Vietnam is sending aircraft to check up if a lifeboat-like floating object found at sea comes from the missing Malaysian Airlines jet.
Chief of China's Maritime Search and Rescue Center He Jianzhong said Monday the country has created a plan for the search and rescue of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet.
Vietnam allowed Chinese and US vessels to enter its waters to search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight.
Many countries send warships and aircraft for the search of the missing Malaysian airliner.
A Chinese coast guard vessel has entered the waters near the suspected site of the missing Malaysian plane to carry out a rescue mission.
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