Benjamin Miller said the craft can help find missing people and photograph crime scenes.

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Google has set up a Crisis Response page including software that can help find missing people or report people that have been found.

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Using data from 3, 000 previous cases, the bureau are able to advise police forces about the most likely places to find missing people, taking into account their gender and age.

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This would enable the charity to find more missing people, and do so quicker.

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Firefighters were concerned about four missing people however a search of the property did not find anyone.

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People were gathering at the bank to see if they could find their missing relatives, AFP reported.

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The missing person report triggered a media storm, with Paris Jackson tweeting for people to help find her grandmother or at least to get a phone call from her.

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