Breaking News: Possible Parts of Missing Malaysian Airways Jet Spotted Off Australia According To Prime Minister
An Australian search aircraft spotted two objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be related to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday.
Abbott told Parliament on Thursday afternoon that he had spoken to Malaysia’s prime minister about the objects, which were spotted in satellite imagery off the coast of Perth.
Abbott said more analysis was needed before it could be determined whether the objects were, indeed, from Flight 370.
“The task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult, and it may turn out that they may not be related,” he said, but he characterized the find as “new and credible information” in the search for the Beijing-bound plane, which disappeared March 8 after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, pictured in February, told Parliament the discovery was ‘new and credible.’
A P-3 Orion aircraft has been diverted to try to get a closer look at the objects, and three more jets were on their way to assist, he said.
— M. Alex Johnson and Sarah Burke, Culled from NBC