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The search day is over (2245 Perth time), and eight aircraft were launched for today's search mission. Ships included Chinese maritime patrol vessel Haixun 1 and PLAN (Navy) ship Jinggangshan (which carries two helicopters).
A Chinese IL-76 spotted some debris including red, white and orange objects, dropped a marker buoy for further investigation tomorrow (Sunday).
Weather was deteriorating somewhat throughout the day. (BERNAMA, BBC, etc.; update added to wiki.)