perhaps people are still alive and the search and rescue mission continues. don? all right. breaking news. thank you very much, sara. breaking news into cnn. we re just getting this information. it s coming from australia. search planes are up in the air. we re hearing to search for flight 370. cnn has confirmed that an amsa, that s a chinese il-76 took off at 6:20 local time on sunday, 6:20 p.m. korean p3 o ryan and poseidon departing from perth airport, take off in the next few minutes. let s get more details from matika shubert in perth, australia, where the search is being conducted, originating. the search planes in the air right now. reporter: that s right. search planes have just left. a c-130 actually also just
team from the royal new zealand air force to find out firsthand what it s like to be part of this historic mission. the job of searching for flight 370 from the air, such a challenge, it requires multiple planes from multiple countries. sunday the u.s., australia, china and new zealand all joined in the search. we re about to jump on new zealand s p3 o ryan to see the search itself. it cruises to the search zone from 1,300 miles from perth. this is one of eight flights heading out sunday. on board a 12-person crew and three journalists, including me with a small hand-held camera. we ve now reached the search area, four hours in. sitting through the flight, you truly begin to understand just how remote this area is. we ll be descending down to