Indian Ocean : 'Potential Objects spotted' in new search area for Flight MH370

A plane has spotted "objects" in the new area of the Indian Ocean being searched for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australian officials say.

Australian Maritime Safety Authority says that an RNZAF Orion plane has located debris in the new search area for Flight MH370 that is closer to the Australian mainland but cautions that the sightings need to be confirmed by ship, expected to take place Saturday. The sightings would need confirmation by ship, which is not expected until tomorrow, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa)said.

Missing Malaysia Plane Search Area Shifted Due To New 'Credible Lead' - Australia

The search area for the missing Malaysian airliner has shifted because of a "new credible lead."  Say Australian authorities. AMSA said it shifted the search 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) to the north after receiving a lead based on updated advice provided by an international investigation team in Malaysia.

China continues search for MH370, urges Malaysia and Australia to give all data

Chinese icebreaker Xuelong on Tuesday continued with the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, widely believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean. The Antarctic research vessel is now 130 nautical miles away from its target area.

Missing MH370: Chinese Family Committee condemns Malaysian gov't and Malaysian Airlines for making unsupported conclusion.

Chinese Family Committee condemns Malaysian gov't and Malaysian Airlines for making unsupported conclusion on missing jet MH370 .



Families of passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been informed that the plane ended its journey in the Indian Ocean, effectively ending their hopes of a miraculous survival.


Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak gave the information in a televised press conference at 15:00 CET.

Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 Crashed into Indan Ocean: Malaysia Authority Tells the Families of passengers

Families of passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been informed that the plane ended its journey in the Indian Ocean, effectively ending their hopes of a miraculous survival.

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak gave the information in a televised press conference at 15:00 CET.

BREAKING NEWS: Chinese satellite spots new debris in hunt for missing Malaysian plane MH370 in the sea

Hopes of finding missing plane as large object spotted in sea as the Chinese government discovered a new piece of debris in the sea, raising hopes of finding the missing Malaysian plane.

Acting Malaysian transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein was handed a hand-written note during a press conference saying that satellite images had found an object 22m long and 30m wide.

He told the assembled journalists that the debris had been seen in the southern corridor in the Indian ocean, but did not give more details about its location.

Missing Malaysian Airlines flight turned back and entered the Indian Ocean - Malaysian woman claims she spotted missing jet as she flew over Andaman Islands – but was ignored by police

Malaysian woman claims to have seen missing MH370 in the water near Andaman Islands on day it disappeared

As aircraft and ships continued to search for debris which might be that of the missing flight MH370 on Friday a Malaysian woman on a flight across the Indian Ocean claimed to have seen an aircraft in the water near the Andaman Islands on the day the the jet disappeared.

Missing Plane Update: Malaysia to search the deep-sea for flight recorders

Malaysian authority is preparing to conduct deep-sea searches to recover the flight data and voice recorders of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. Malaysian Transport minister Hishammuddin said on Thursday this would be if it was confirmed that the plane crashed at sea.

“The next step is to actually find the black box,” he said, if two objects spotted by Australia in the southern Indian Ocean are confirmed to be from flight MH370.

Malaysia MH370: Australian Satellite Spots Possible Plane Debris; U.S. Plane 'Not Getting Any Evidence' of Debris

A United State Navy aircraft searching for surface objects traced by an Australian satellite has “not confirmed” any sighting of debris so far, a senior official said early Thursday. The P-8 Poseidon plane is “on station” in the area of the Indian Ocean and will continue to search, Navy Lieutenant David Levy told NBC News.

The sophisticated anti-submarine aircraft can scan an area of up to 10,000 square miles.

Malaysia Missing Jet Was Diverted, Open Criminal Inquiry - Officials

The search for Malaysia Flight 370 turned into a criminal investigation on Saturday, after the country declared that the plane had been deliberately diverted and then flown for as long as seven hours toward an unknown point far from its scheduled route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Malaysian PM Najib Razak said on Saturday afternoon that he would seek the help of governments across a large swath of Asia in the search for the plane, which has been missing for a week and had 239 people on board.

Malaysian authorities has released a map showing that the last satellite signal received from the plane, sent from a point somewhere along one of two arcs spanning large distances across Asia.