The entire 54 minutes of cockpit communication aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight is revealed

Getting hold of the flight recorders will be the priority if a crash site for MH370 is identified - but recovering anything from seas estimated to be around 4000m deep will be a major challenge, an Australian expert in accident investigation says.

A Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion was expected to lead the search for the Malaysia Airlines flight early today, as more ships headed to the massive area of sea off Western Australia.

Two weeks ago, 38-year-old New Zealander Paul Weeks kissed his wife Danica goodbye at the airport.

New Zealand aviators searching for the missing Malaysian airliner are expected to be "pumped up ready to go" again this morning after earlier disappointments.

Flight MH370 had been missing for just two days when engineers from a satellite company concluded the plane probably crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.

The Kiwi air force crew searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane were "very deflated" after they failed to find any wreckage from the aircraft.

Improving weather conditions should help the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 today, forecasters said.

New Zealand's Air Force Orion crew flying from Perth last night to look for aircraft debris have use of some of the world's most advanced radars.

Jetstar's withdrawal from the Auckland-Singapore route will cost the tourism industry $70 million a year and highlights the potential detrimental effects of the proposed Air New Zealand-Singapore Airlines alliance, Auckland Airport says.

They started looking in the South China Sea but made their biggest breakthrough following a line that headed straight to the South Pole.

The NZ Air Force are playing a key role in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, with possible debris spotted in water west of Australia.

Live updates on the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished en route to Beijing with 239 people aboard.

The FBI is examining deleted data from the missing plane's pilot's simulator while angry relatives accuse authorities of hiding the truth from them.

Jetstar will quit flying from Auckland to Singapore from July, saying the route is not performing as well as it had hoped.

Masking the jets position from the eyes of civilian aviation teams would have been as simple as turning a knob. "Just switch it to the left and the transponder is off," said Captain Amin Said.

Eleven days after contact was lost with Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, there has been minimal progress in determining precisely what happened or where the plane ended up.

The families of MH370's missing passengers and crew are in limbo and will be confused as to how to act and feel about the situation until they get solid answers.

The disappearance of Flight MH370 is arguably the biggest cliffhanger since Americans crowded around their TVs to find out who shot J.R.

Auckland Airport is urging the Government to consider closely the threat posed to competition.

The prospect of a prolonged high New Zealand dollar and sky-high consumer confidence has travel agents looking forward to bumper winter bookings from holidaymakers.

The turn that diverted the missing Malaysia Airlines plane off its flight path was programmed into the aircraft's computer navigation system, it has been revealed

Here is a Q & A about the lost Boeing 777 and the wider implications of the biggest mystery in 21st-century aviation.

Sources tell the Herald a lack of cell or internet communication from those on board a missing jet indicate it could be in "remote, non-friendly territory".

Editorial: The dearth of information about the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has had a predictable consequence: conspiracy theories.