Ten aircraft and nine ships on Tuesday to help search the Malaysian passenger plane with flight number MH370 , missing , said the Joint Coordinating Center ( JACC ) .
JACC , which was formed on Monday and led by retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston , was in Perth to effectively coordinate the search with the Australian government and operation of the invention .
The agency will also provide timely information to families of passengers and crew are missing and provide information to the public about the latest developments available .
According to a recent press statement quoted by Xinhua , the Australian Maritime Safety Authority ( AMSA ) has defined the search area of 120,000 square kilometers , west of Perth .
Ten military aircraft - two Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion , two C - 130 Malaysia , an Ilyushin IL - 76 China , a U.S. Navy P8 Poseidon , Gulfstream jets Japan , South Korea P3 Orion , Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 , P3 Orion Japan will assist in the search , with civilian jets provide communication connection .
Nine ships have been commissioned to look at four separate areas .
Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield dispatch HMAS Stirling Monday night , with a " pinger locator " . In addition , the weather in the search area is estimated to be poor , with low visibility areas .
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived in Perth , Western Australia , Wednesday to witness the search operation Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 which is missing in the southern Indian Ocean .
As reported by Xinhua , Razak is scheduled to visit Air Force Base Pearce near Perth .
He thanked all those involved in the multinational effort to find the remains of the plane .
Malaysia Airlines MH370 departing from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and lost on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew members , seven of whom were Indonesian citizens .
Joint Coordinating Center based in Perth has been formed to supervise the communication with international agencies involved in the search effort .
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott also has visited the Pearce Airbase Monday to show the jet determination finding .
Seven countries Australia , United States , China , New Zealand , Japan , South Korea and Malaysia have contributed ships and aircraft to search off the coast of Perth this .
With the waning battery black box after 30 days , Transport Minister Warren Truss said the search immediately became a priority to find it .
Australian naval vessel , Ocean Shield , equipped with a black box detector and underwater unmanned drones , leaving Stirling Luat Force Base at 18:00 local time Monday to try to find the black box and wreckage MH370 .
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