DHAKA: Australian prime minister Tony Abbott says authorities are ‘throwing everything we have’ at the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

He was speaking as weather conditions in the southern Indian Ocean improved, allowing the search to resume.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) says 12 aircraft are taking part in Wednesday’s operations, reports the BBC.

The plane vanished on 8 March as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

‘We owe it to the families, we owe it to an anxious world to do everything we can to finally locate some wreckage and to do whatever we can to solve the riddle of this extraordinarily ill-fated flight,’ Abbott said.

He also said Australia was ready to assist the families of the missing passengers in any possible way.

‘There’s a terrible trauma involved – there’s the uncertainty, there’s the anguish. It’s just an unspeakable time for these people and if they want to come to Australia we’ll make them welcome and we’ll do everything we can to assist,’ he said.

BDST: 1702HRS, MAR 26, 2014