In pictures: Search for Malaysia plane

The search continues for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which vanished on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to China's capital, Beijing, on Saturday.

A U.S. Navy helicopter lands aboard Destroyer USS Pinckney during a crew swap before returning to a search and rescue mission for the missing Malaysian airlines flight MH370 in the Gulf of Thailand, Sunday, March 9, 2014AP

The US Navy destroyer USS Pinckney has joined the search

Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director General Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman looks on during a news conference at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang 10 MarchReuters

The Malaysian civil aviation chief Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman has been updating relatives and the world's press at Kuala Lumpur airport.

Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik applies the final touches to a sand art sculpture on a beach in Puri, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, 9 MarchAFP

Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik has created a sand-art sculpture on a beach in Puri in eastern India.

View of possible oil slick about 100 nautical miles (185 km) from Tok Bali Beach in Malaysia,s Kelantan state, 9 MarchReuters

Spotter planes are continuing the search for the aircraft and some have seen what may be oil slicks - but they have not been confirmed and no wreckage has been found

Relatives of victims from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 plane leave after applying for their Chinese passports to be ready for travel to Kuala Lumpur to be closer to the rescue operations, in Beijing on March 10, 2014.Getty Images

Chinese relatives of the missing passengers have been applying for their passports to be ready to travel to Malaysia to be closer to rescue operations.

Rescue workers from a Buddhist organisation pray during multi-religion mass prayers for the passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, 9 MarchReuters

Rescue workers from a Buddhist organisation held prayers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Chinese navy's Jinggangshan in Zhanjiang, 9 MarchReuters

More ships are joining the search, including the Chinese navy's Jinggangshan

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency vessel, 9 MarchAP

Vessels already engaged include patrols of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency

Media in Beijing, 9 MarchReuters

The media frenzy in Beijing angered some of the relatives

Family members of passengers at a hotel in Putrajaya, Malaysia, 9 MarchAP

The anxious wait also goes on in Malaysia, where some relatives are staying in hotels

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