The search for Flight 370 continues

The search for the missing Malaysian jet pushed deep into the northern and southern hemispheres Monday as Australia scoured the southern Indian Ocean and China offered 21 satellites to respond to Malaysia’s call for help in the unprecedented hunt.

Above, Malaysian Defence Minister and acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussin (right) showed north corridor and south corridor maps with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hamzah Zainudin (left) and Malaysia’s Department Civil Aviation Director General, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman during a media conference at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia on March 17.

Chinese relatives of passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 waited for news at the Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing. An investigation into the pilots of missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has intensified after officials confirmed that the last words spoken from the cockpit came after a key signalling system was manually disabled.

Pictured: The home of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur.

A private security guard manned the entrance to the residential complex where missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 pilot Zahari Ahmad Shah lives in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur.

Crew members on board a P-8A Poseidon manned their workstations while assisting in search and rescue operations for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on March 16.

US sailors inspected the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Kidd at sea in the Indian Ocean on March 16.

A Chinese girl has her picture taken in front of an electronic display showing live information of flight positions according to predicted time and flight duration calculations at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Sepang, Malaysia.

A relative of a Chinese passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 answered media question at Lido Hotel on March 17.

Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 raised their hands to question Malaysian government officials during a news briefing held by the airlines at a hotel ballroom in Beijing on March 17.

Chinese relatives of passengers from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 gathered at a lounge in the Metro Park Lido Hotel to wait for updated information in Beijing.

An Indonesian police officer of the forensic unit visited family members of Surti Dahlia, a passenger on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, to collect DNA samples for identification purposes.

University students held a candlelight vigil for passengers on the missing flight on March 13 in Yangzhou, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province.

A performer at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang posed in front of messages expressing prayers and well-wishes for passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

Indian Navy officers helped search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner near the Andaman Nicobar islands in India.

This map shows the search area near the Andaman Nicobar Islands in India.

India has further intensified its search efforts for the missing plane with additional naval and air assets being deployed in the Central and East Bay of Bengal.

Crew members looked outside windows from a Malaysian Air Force aircraft during its search and rescue operation over the Strait of Malacca.

A Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency pilot studied a map onboard a Japan Coast Guard Gulfstream jet, customized for search and rescue operations while flying over the waters of the South China Sea .

Japan Coast Guard personnel conducted a briefing outside their Gulfstream V Jet aircraft before leaving for the search.

Colonel Do Duc Minh (2st L), Vietnam Air Force’s 370 Division’s Chief of Staff, points at a map as he speaks to reporters about search flights aimed at finding the missing Malaysia Airlines plane at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh city on March 15, 2014. Do Duc Minh said Vietnam continues their search flights while widening the search areas close to air spaces under control of Thailand and Singapore. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH NAMHOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images

Lt. Col Bambang Sudewo, commander of the 5th Air Squadron “Black Mermaids,” examined a map following a search operation.

Japan Coast Guard personnel worked in a search and rescue aircraft.

Japan Coast Guard took photos out of a window of a search and rescue aircraft over the South China Sea.

Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein (left), acting Minister of Transport, and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, updated the media on the search and rescue plan.

A Malaysian Navy ship arrived at the Kuantan Naval Base to refuel and restock.

Admiral Dato Azhari Abdul Rashid, the Commander of Naval area 1 covering the South China Sea, led a prayer during refueling and restocking.

Indonesian national search and rescue agency personel watched over high seas.