From the Chinese press

Satellites show worth in search

China and other countries have employed satellites as well as aircraft and ships in the search for the missing Malaysia Airline plane. Some people have cast doubts on China's satellite technology because a United States' satellite first reported finding what was possibly the wreckage of the flight. Does China lag far behind in satellite technology? A column on guancha.cn gives detailed analysis. Excerpts:

The search for Flight MH370 is not the first time satellites have been used in such a disaster. When Air France Flight AF447 went missing, the United States used satellites to collect information about the weather and analyze the cause, although they were not used directly in the search.