The news that I just received is that the Chinese ambassador received satellite images of floating objects in the southern corridor and they will be sending ships to verify,’ Malaysian defence minister and acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters.
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| Malaysia’s acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein holds up a note on a new lead in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 (Picture: Reuters) |
‘Beijing is expected to make an announcement in a few hours.’
New debris found in hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines plane
THE Chinese government satellites has spotted a large piece of debris that could be the latest lead in the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Chinese satellite spotted a large object along a stretch of the Indian Ocean, ships are being sent to the area to check it out.
Correction: The measurement of the object sighted by Chinese satellite is 22.5M x 13M
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BEIJING, March 22 (Reuters) - A suspicious object spotted by a Chinese satellite was floating 120 km (72 miles) from possible debris announced by Australia in the search for a missing Malaysian jet, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
"The location of the suspicious object is along the southern corridor missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 might have taken," it said, adding the object was spotted on March 18, two days after the satellite image announced by Australia.
Reuters
