MH370: two objects spotted in southern Indian Ocean, Australia says

Prime minister Tony Abbott announces search planes being sent based on ‘new and credible information’ from satellite images

Search planes are on their way to assess two objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be connected to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, the Australian prime minister has said.

Tony Abbott told parliament on Thursday that the “new and credible information” had emerged from expert analysis of satellite imagery. His announcement came 12 days after Beijing-bound MH370 went missing on 8 March, shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, with 239 on board.

The search is a multinational effort involving 26 countries. On Wednesday Barack Obama said finding out what happened to MH370 was a top priority for the United States.

Abbott said an Australian air force Orion had been diverted to locate the objects and should arrive in the area shortly, with three more aircraft following for a more intensive follow-up search. He added that he had informed the Malaysian prime minister, Najib Razak, of the developments.

But he warned against drawing any premature conclusions, adding: “We must keep in mind the task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult and it may turn out that they are not related to the search for flight MH370.”

“Nevertheless, I did want to update the house on this potentially important development.”

Earlier, Australian authorities searching for missing flight MH370 said they had halved their search area in the Indian Ocean – albeit to an area still 300,000 square kilometres – and moved it to within 2,300 kilometres of Perth.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said information such as the plane’s estimated range on its fuel reserves had allowed it to refine its area of search. Sea currents were factored in to produce a plot of where debris might have been carried relative to where the plane hit the ocean.

The Amsa general manager, John Young, revealed in a video update that the search area had been “significantly refined” from the area searched on previous days using “better, more detailed analysis” from the US National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB).

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