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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott meets members of Malaysia's Air Force currently based at RAAF Base Pearce in Bullsbrook, near Perth, Australia, Monday, March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)
The countries involved and their contributions to Monday's search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in seas west of Perth, Australia:
AUSTRALIA
One P-3 Orion plane; three navy ships.
MALAYSIA
Two C-130 Hercules planes.
CHINA
One Il-76 plane; eight ships.
JAPAN
One P-3 Orion; a coast guard jet.
NEW ZEALAND
One military P-3 Orion; one civilian plane.
UNITED STATES:
One P-8 Poseidon plane.
SOUTH KOREA:
One P-3 Orion.