Eight of nine aircraft and ships involved in the hunt continued on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 missing and a search will be adjusted to move further north , said retired Air Force Chief Marshal Angus Houston , the leader of the combined operation coordinating bodies ( Joint Agency Coordination Center / JACC ) .
While Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak provide direction on the international search effort at RAAF Base Pearce , Houston said Australia did all that could be done to help find plane Malaysia MH370 and recover what they can of the Indian Ocean .
" This is a search and discovery operations most challenging I have ever seen , and probably one of the most complex operation in the world during this time , " Houston said as quoted by Xinhua news agency .
Eight of nine ships and aircraft search will explore the area around 223,000 square kilometers , 1,680 miles west north -west of Perth on Thursday .
Sunny weather is predicted , with a viewing distance of about 10 kilometers although some isolated rain in the south .
British submarine HMS Tireless and HMS Echo has arrived in the southern Indian Ocean to help the search aircraft and " black box " flight data recorder .
Echo , hydrographic survey vessels multi - functions , equipped with various sensors for surveying and scanning the ocean floor .
Australian Navy ship Ocean Shield detector equipped with a black box from the United States is scheduled to arrive in the search area on Friday.
A E - 7A Wedgetail aircraft capable of exploring Australia's air space in the search area also helps the mission that has lasted for more than three weeks but has not produced results .
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday promised to continue the search and said " we owe at least that much to the families of the victims . "
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