RAAF Flying Officer Brittany Sharpe from 10 Squadron, coordinates all communications between her AP-3C Orion and other aircraft involved in the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Photograph: Handout/Reuters
Latest Developments
Good morning and welcome to our continuing coverage of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, now focused on a remote stretch of ocean about 2,300 km south-west of Perth.
Here’s the latest:
The search for two objects spotted on satellite images which Australian authorities believe could belong to the missing flight, will shortly resume in the south Indian Ocean.
Four search aircraft will be scanning the area, joined by a Norwegian commercial ship which carried on searching overnight despite thick fog and rough seas.
Australia’s defence minister cautioned “this may well be nothing”, though a Maritime Safety Authority official said the images are “probably our best lead right now”.
Malaysian authorities have described the images as a “credible lead”, but acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein added: “Search and rescue operations will continue” in other search corridors.
The objects, one estimated to be 79ft (24m) long, could have drifted dozens of miles, experts warned. The remote area is known for poor weather and strong, unpredictable currents.
Families of missing Chinese passengers insisted loved ones could still be alive. Chinese authorities have sent police and ambulances to the Beijing hotel where many relatives are waiting.
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