A map showing the search area for the missing Malaysian Airlines plane in the Indian Ocean revealed during a press conference of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) in Canberra, Australia, 18 March 2014. - EPA
SYDNEY: Australian authorities said Tuesday they had begun searching 600,000 square kilometres (230,000 square miles) of the remote Indian Ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and conceded it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
The Malaysian government has revealed it believes the jet was deliberately diverted and flew for several hours after leaving its scheduled flight path - either north towards Central Asia, or towards the southern Indian Ocean.
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