Underwater search for Malaysian airliner resumes

By Kristen Gelineau

Published October 6, 2014 2:22am ET

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Underwater search for Malaysian airliner resumes — FILE - In this April 13, 2014 file photo, a member of Kechara Buddhist organization offers prayers for passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at Kechara Forest Retreat in Bentong, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumed Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean, more than six months after the jet vanished. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File) | Lai Seng Sin

SYDNEY (AP) — The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumed Monday in a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean, more than six months after the jet vanished.

The GO Phoenix, the first of three ships that will spend up to a year hunting for the wreckage far off Australia’s west coast, is expected to spend 12 days hunting for the jet before heading to shore to refuel.

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