Australian PM Tony Abbott Says Satellite Images May Show 2 Objects of Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane Flight 370 (VIDEO) … Objects About 1,500 miles SW Off the Coast of Perth … Larger of the Two Objects Appears to be About 78 Feet Across
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Breaking … Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is saying that satellite images may be showing wreckage of missing Malaysia Flight 370. Abbott said that authorities have spotted two objects in the Indian Ocean that are possibly related to the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Royal Australian Airforce Orion has been diverted to the area to attempt to locate the objects. The Orion is expected to arrive in the area Thursday afternoon. It is hard to imagine that this is not very credible finding seeing that the Australian PM has made the announcement.
AMSA media conference is scheduled for 3.30pm (AEDT) … Mediaite has live stream of press conference.
Australia’s prime minister says objects possibly related to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight have been spotted on satellite imagery.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Parliament in Canberra on Thursday that a Royal Australian AirfForce Orion has been diverted to the area to attempt to locate the objects.
UPDATE I: ABC News: Missing Malaysian plane: Australia checking 2 objects in search for plane.
Australia’s prime minister says objects possibly related to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight have been spotted on satellite imagery.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Parliament in Canberra on Thursday that a Royal Australian Airforce Orion has been diverted to the area to attempt to locate the objects. The Orion is expected to arrive in the area Thursday afternoon. Three additional aircraft are expected to follow for a more intensive search.
UPDATE II: CNN: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Australia says possible objects in Indian Ocean.
“New and credible information has come to light in relation to the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean,” Abbott said in the the Australian House of Representatives in Canberra. “The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search.
“Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified,” he said. “I can inform the House that a Royal Australian Air Force Orion has been diverted to attempt to locate the objects.”
Three other planes will carry out a “more intensive follow-up search,” he said.
Australian search teams have been at the forefront of the hunt for the missing plane in the remote southern Indian Ocean.
The announcement from Abbott raises hopes of finding parts of the plane after a search that is now in its 13th day. Previous reports of debris found in the sea have not turned out to be related.
UPDATE III: Sydney Morning Herald: Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: PM Tony Abbott says satellite images could be wreckage of crashed plane.
“The Australian maritime safety authority has received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search,” Mr Abbott said.
“Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified.”
“I should tell the House – and we must keep this in mind – the task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult and it may turn out that they are not related to the search for flight MH370,” Mr Abbott said.
“Nevertheless, I did want to update the House on this potentially important development.’’
UPDATE IV: ABC News: Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Drastically Narrows.
British and American officials have narrowed the search down to two possible flight paths of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
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