Latest update:
A Chinese satellite has "possibly" spotted the downed aircraft
already has been disavowed. So back to nothing again.
Now.. keep in mind that this is now the biggest SAR mission ever. The following countries are involved:
Malaysia
11 x RMAF Planes
1 x Navy Chopper
5 x Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Planes
1 x Royal Malaysian Police Plane
15 x Navy Warships
13 x Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Patrol Ships
1 x Rescue ship
Australia
2 x Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion
New Zealand
1 x Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K Orion
US Navy 7th Fleet
1x P-3C Orion
4x Seahawk
2 x Warships - USS Pickney, USS Kidd
1 x Support Ship -
People's Republic of China
8 x PLA Navy Warships
1 x Coast Guard Partol Vessel
3 x Coast Guard SAR vessels
2 x Navel Choppers
2 x Maritime Search Aircraft
At least 8 satellites
Singapore
2 x Republic of Singapore Air Force C-130 Hercules
1 x S-70B Seahawk
2 x Republic of Singapore Navy Warships
1 x Rescue Ship with Naval Divers
Kingdom of Thailand
1 x Maritime Search Aircraft - Unknown type
1 x Patrol ship
1 x Thai Chopper
Indonesia
1 x MPA Search Aircraft
5 x Navy Warship
2 x SAR ships
Philippines - unable to get number of ships and planes
India- unable to get number of ships and planes but at least 2 satellites
Japan - unable to get number of ships and planes
Vietnam- unable to get number of ships and planes
Taiwan -unable to get number of ships and planes
Brunei -unable to get number of ships and planes
And this isn't even taking into account the crowdsourcing being done on it as well.
BL.