Air Search Underway for Possible Debris from Missing Jet

Surveillance aircraft searched a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean on Thursday for possible debris from the missing Malaysian passenger jet, but failed to find the objects spotted by an Australian satellite.The searchers were hampered by poor visibility, but covered 23,000 square kilometers about 2,500 kilometers southwest of the western Australian city of Perth. Australian officials said the search would resume Friday.After numerous false leads in the 13-day search for the Boeing 777...

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