At dawn the next day, search aircraft were sent to Flight 201's last known position.

That'll allow any daily flight twenty-four hours to hear, and six hours for search aircraft to reach me.

Turning east across the ocean would have laid the ship open to exposure by search aircraft and any passing vessels.

Below them the search aircraft laid and relaid their buoy patterns.

A subsequent air search missed the raiders, although they themselves saw one of the search aircraft.

Later that day, when the clouds cleared, search aircraft were set to this location.

In case it was after the accident, he would have been observing two of the search aircraft.

Imagine a search aircraft looking for a dinghy in the middle of the ocean.

The next day, search aircraft and rescue workers were sent to the plane's last known position.

When the search aircraft made contact at 07:10, this strike wave was orbiting ahead of the task force.