Relatives of Flight 370 victims to meet Australian searchers

Nathan said two Chinese, an Indonesian, several Australians and American wreckage hunter Blaine Gibson would join her group, which will also travel to the search headquarters in Canberra where a wing flap from the missing Boeing 777 is being examined for clues.

Six replicas of the flaperon have been sent to Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's oceanography department in the island state of Tasmania where scientists will determine whether it is the wind or the currents that affect how they drift.

The bureau said in a statement the relatives in Perth would meet with officials from Joint Agency Coordination Center, which coordinates Australian government involvement in the search and liaises with victims' families.