A plane of New Zealand Air Force returns to Pearce Air Force Base after a searching flight for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 near Perth, Australia, April 2, 2014. (Xinhua/Yan Hao) 

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Search area broadened, still no evidence of jet

PERTH, Australia, April 2 (Xinhua) -- About 10 planes and nine ships combed a broader swathe of sea in southern Indian Ocean on Wednesday but left searchers with no sign of the Malaysian MH370 jetliner more than three weeks after it vanished.

The 221,000-square-kilometer patch of sea, some 1,504 kilometers west northwest of Perth, doubled the size of the targeted area the previous day, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). Full story 

Search for MH370 goes on as China, Australia agree to step up efforts

BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The search for Malaysian flight MH370 continued Wednesday, while Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Australian counterpart Tony Abbott agreed to continue all-out efforts to find the missing plane.

Efforts continued Wednesday with the first aircraft, a Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 plane, departing for the search area in the southern Indian Ocean west of Perth at 6 a.m. local time, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said. Full story