China deploys satellites for missing plane search

China has adjusted the operations of orbiting satellites to help in the search of the missing flight MH370, according to a website run by the People's Liberation Army.  [Special coverage]

Citing Xi'an Satellite Monitor and Control Center, the China military web (chinamil.com.cn) reported late Monday that the center had launched an emergency response for the search and adjusted up to ten high-resolution satellites. The center purged the original commands of several satellites to offer full services in weather monitoring, communication and other aspects for the search.

Contact with Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was lost along with its radar signal at 1:20 a.m. Beijing time on Saturday as it was flying over the Ho Chi Minh City air traffic control area in Vietnam.

The flight was carrying 12 crew members and 227 passengers, including more than 150 Chinese.

A large-scale search conducted by multiple countries has found no sign of the plane so far.