Chinese media urges people to react rationally

Commentary in China's state-run media is urging people to react "rationally" to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, after days of protests by passengers' relatives who say Malaysia has mishandled the incident.

Many Chinese family members of passengers have expressed extreme skepticism over accounts by the Malaysian government. They maintain Malaysian officials are not telling all they know about the plane's disappearance March 8 and have expressed frustration that they concluded it went down in the Indian Ocean without any physical evidence.

The commentary in the China Daily says "we should not let anger prevail over facts and rationality."

"No matter how distressed we are ... it is certain that flight MH370 crashed in the Indian Ocean and no one on board survived," the comments say.

A look at aircraft, ships involved in the search

An intense search for debris from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 is underway 1,800 kilometers(1,118 miles) west of Perth, Australia.

A list of the countries taking part and what they have sent to help the operation overseen by Australia from a military base near the southwestern city of Perth:

AUSTRALIA
Four military P-3 Orion planes; one helicopter; four civilian planes; three navy ships.

MALAYSIA
Two C-130 Hercules planes.

CHINA
Two Il-76 planes; three helicopters; seven ships.

JAPAN
Two military P-3 Orion planes; a coast guard jet.

NEW ZEALAND
One military P-3 Orion plane; one civilian plane.

UNITED STATES:
Two military P-8 Poseidon planes.

SOUTH KOREA:
One military P-3 Orion plane; a C-130 Hercules plane.
 

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