In Jetliner Hunt, Australian Team Spots More Objects

In its latest update, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said that objects have been located by a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion.

“HMAS Success is on scene and is attempting to locate the objects in the search for missing Malaysia aircraft flight MH370,” it said, adding that the objects were spotted by the RAAF Orion around 2.45 p.m.

AMSA reiterated Prime Minister Abbot's statement that the objects identified by the RAAF Orion were separate from the objects reported by the Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 to AMSA earlier in the day.

“The U.S. Navy P8 Poseidon aircraft sought to relocate the objects reported by the Chinese aircraft but were unable to do so,” the AMSA said.

“The U.S. Navy P8 remains in the search area, while a second RAAF P3 and a Japanese P3 are en route to their assigned search areas.”

According to the AMSA, the last of these aircraft will depart the search area around 11 p.m.

According to an earlier Xinhua report from Beijing, the crew of one of the two Chinese IL-76 aircraft tasked for operations spotted some suspicious objects in the search area.

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