As the search and rescue (SAR) efforts to locate missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues into its third week, three nations have released satellite images of debris in the southern Indian Ocean that might be related to the disappeared jetliner.
Australia, China and France have now released satellite images that show potential objects which may be related to Flight MH370 in the vicinity of the southern corridor in the Indian Ocean.
Actinf Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein said the images, initially picked up by French satellites, were immediately relayed to the Australian SAR coordination centre.
AFP reports the French Foreign Ministry saying radar echoes from one of their satellites places possible new debris about 2,300km from Perth, although it did not state a direction or date.
It could not be determined, however, whether the images were the same as the ones from an earlier AFP report in which a wooden cargo pallet, along with straps and belts, was spotted on Saturday in a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean.
Chinese satellite images had showed a large floating object — measuring 22.5m by 13m — some 2,500 kilometres southwest of Perth.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott nevertheless did not place high optimism on the latest finding concerning the wooden cargo pallet, saying that “it was too early to be definite.”
Stoiry: The New Straits Times
