Here's a map that shows the area that was due to be searched today.
However, the air search was called off because of a tropical cyclone.
Ten ships will continue to scour the area and the Bluefin-21 underwater drone will work on mapping the sea bed.
Six weeks after Flight MH370 vanished, calls are growing for a review of the current search area.
There has been no sign of the plane whatsoever with false leads and only theories to guide searchers.
Last week acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein announced that there could be a "regroup and reconsideration phase", hinting that the focus of the search was likely to change.
6:39 am
As we mentioned earlier, the aerial search for Flight MH370 has been called off due to poor weather conditions.
However, four of the 10 planes scheduled to take part in the search had already taken off and they may now continue to hunt for the plane, it has emerged.MH370 searchers say the 4 planes that had already left before aerial search called off today may still search today
6:07 am .Relatives of the passengers from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have 'expressed dissatisfaction' with a meeting with Malaysian authorities in which financial compensation was discussed.
In a statement, relatives said that until "at least a tiny bit of concrete evidence" that the plane crashed is found, authorities should not try to settle the case with final pay-offs.
"No meaningful report on the progress of the investigation was given" at the meeting, the relatives said, adding that "not a single one" of their questions was answered.
5:13 am
An international team hunting for missing Flight MH370 is trawling the last third of a search zone for wreckage after an unmanned submarine failed to find traces of the aircraft.
The Bluefin-21 which bounces sound waves off the Indian Ocean floor to create images of the seabed, has scoured two-thirds of the targeted area without establishing any “contacts of interest,” according to the Australian agency coordinating the effort.
The submarine is currently completing its ninth mission, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said in an e-mailed statement today.
4:10 am
The air search for MH370 has been suspended for today due to bad weather as a result of Tropical Cyclone Jack.
“It has been determined that the current weather conditions are resulting in heavy seas and poor visibility, and would make any air search activities ineffective and potentially hazardous,” the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said.
Up to 10 military aircraft were part of today's visual search about 1,500km (932 miles) north west of Perth, Australia.
The 10 ships involved in today's search will continue their planned activities.
3:18 am
The partner of an American passenger on board missing Flight MH370 has questioned the satellite data analysis which concluded the plane ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
Sara Bacj, whose partner Philip Wood was one of the 239 on board MH370, wants an explanation from the Malaysian government on why it went with the analysis by British satellite company Inmarsat.
She said: "They have failed to share why they would accept a single source (Inmarsat) for analysis utilising a never-before-attempted method, as their sole grounds for determining that the plane is under the water and all lives lost."
2:27 am
Rapper Pitbull predicted that Flight MH370 would go missing two YEARS ago, it has been suggested.
Conspiracy theorists have been drawing comparisons between the lyrics of his 2012 track Get It Started and the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the plane on March 8.
Lines in the song, which features a guest appearance from Colombian singer Shakira, include: "Now it's off to Malaysia" and "Two passports, three cities, two countries, one day."
Viewers on YouTube are convinced the two passports is a reference to the stolen Austrian and Italian passports used by two Iranians to board MH370.
They also believe the three cities refer to the capital cities of Malaysia, China and Vietnam and the two countries are Malaysia and Vietnam.
Furthermore, they assert the lyrics "No Ali, No Frasier, but for now off to Malaysia" are a reference to Mr Ali, the man who bought tickets for the two Iranians to travel on board MH370.
There has reportedly been tension between Malaysian officials and relatives of the Chinese passengers on board missing Flight MH370 after a diplomat suggested the Malaysian government had decided to "move forward with the next step".
Many of the relatives are said to have flown into a rage when they became convinced that Malaysia's intention was to issue death certificates, dispense compensation and compel them to leave Beijing, where they have been staying for 45 days.
In the heated meeting, the Malaysian Embassy's deputy chief of mission Bala Chandran Tharman told some 500 relatives that another team of Malaysian officials and MAS staff would arrive in Beijing by tomorrow to discuss this "next step" with them.
He provided no details.
"We will never accept this until they have found the plane," family representative Steve Wang told The Straits Times.
"If the plane is found, we will go home.
"When the truth is out, we will go home.
"How long we stay here is not up to us, it's up to them."
12:37 am
Up to 10 military aircraft will take part in today's search for missing Flight MH370.
Ten ships will also be involved.
The submersible craft Bluefin is currently undertaking mission nine in the underwater search area.
11:40 pm
The search effort for missing Flight MH370 is set to receive a boost, according to Australian breakfast TV show Today.
A post from the show on Twitter read: "The Australian search effort for #MH370 could soon be boosted, with authorities asking for more marine search equipment. #Today9."
It is also been reported that Malaysian officials are now willing to enter into discussions about offering financial assistance to relatives of those on-board the missing plane.
The issuing of the death certificates is likely to be an extremely sensitive moment, with many relatives furious with the Malaysian government and unwilling to believe its version of events.
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