
"New and credible information has come to light in relation to the search," Australia's Prime Minister
Tony Abbott
during a regular sitting of Parliament.
He
added that there was no certainty the objects spotted were part of the
aircraft, which disappeared en route to China from Malaysia on March 8.
Still,
the apparent sighting is the strongest lead yet in a multinational
search that has so far yielded little. Search crews found nothing after
investigating objects identified in the South China Sea by a Chinese
satellite last week, while oil slicks spotted near Vietnam turned out to
be from ships in the area.
Mr. Abbott said he had informed Malaysia's prime minister of the latest development.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Defense Minister
Hishammuddin Hussein said the Australian reports were "credible," but
cautioned against jumping to conclusions. He said he hadn't yet seen the
satellite images, but hopes this is a "positive development."
"You know how huge the area is," he said. "We want to verify and we want to corroborate."
The
operation has dispatched four aircraft to an area about 2,500
kilometers (1,553 miles) southwest of Perth, in Western Australia, to
assess the finding, Australia's maritime safety authority said Thursday.
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