Search for Malaysian plane to resume

Blustery conditions in the southern Indian Ocean are expected to ease on Wednesday allowing authorities to resume the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.

Gale force winds and heavy swells disrupted search and recovery efforts on Tuesday.

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The Australian Maritime Safety Authority says the visual search will resume with weather conditions expected to improve.

Twelve aircraft, seven military and the rest civilian will take to the skies over the search zone.

HMAS Success will be conducting a surface sweep, looking for objects of interest.

Six countries are assisting the search - Australia, New Zealand, United States, Japan, China and South Korea.

India has offered to join the efforts.

China's polar supply ship Snow Dragon and three other ships are expected to arrive in the search area on Wednesday.