Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the two subjects, presumably related to the missing aircraft airline Malaysia Airways, have been spotted by satellites in the southern Indian Ocean.
Australia leads the search for "Boeing" in the southern part of the arc along which it is possible to lay the path after changing course - from Indonesia to the coast of the south-western tip of the continent.
Speaking in parliament, Abbott said that in the area of detection of objects sent several search aircraft "Orion". In the next few hours, they must arrive at the assigned area and to try to identify these objects.
According to Abbott, although ownership of these items the missing airliner remains to be determined, this finding is significant enough to redirect the search efforts in this area.
"Boeing 777", carrying out flight MN370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared on March 8. On board were 239 people, 153 of them - the citizens of China. Until now, the fate of the aircraft, crew and passengers not received any reliable information.
In search of an aircraft involved 26 countries.
"Two large object"
"At a special press conference, representatives of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), coordinating a search operation in the "southern corridor" reported that the direct detection of these targets from the air can be quite a challenge, and not necessarily that they may be relevant to lost "Boeing".
According to them, floating on the ocean surface objects have been identified by experts in the analysis of a plurality of digital images obtained from satellites. One of them - about 24 meters in length, the second - comparable size. The quality of the images does not allow to say anything more specific about the nature of these objects, told ANSA representatives at the briefing.
Malaysian authorities held a press conference on the new discovery in the search for the missing ship.
Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that the objects detected on satellite photographs can be "probable hook" in the case, but it is unclear that the wreckage of the missing aircraft or not.
"Child (passengers missing liner) worldwide the most important question, as well as for us - where is the plane," - he said, adding that the search will be conducted at night. He said that search operations will continue in the south and the north.
It is reported that in the search involved 18 ships and 29 aircraft.
Despair relatives
In conversation with media relatives of missing passengers liner expressed their frustration about the news seen wreckage. "I heard about the discovery of Australians in the Indian Ocean. For us it is very bad news. We all hope that the plane was hijacked, and now it is hidden somewhere. If found items will be fragments of the plane, we will have no hope," - said one of relatives.
Has previously been reported the detection of objects, presumably refers to the missing aircraft, but later it turned out that it was a false trail.
Depth of the ocean in this area reaches several thousand meters, the weather conditions - moderate, but poor visibility, which can make it difficult to accurately locate objects, the spokesman added ANSA.
Once it became clear that the deviation from the course of the ship was apparently intentionally committed by someone who was in the cockpit, the investigators focused on the study of individual passengers and crew members. However, until now the detectives could not find any indication of terrorism or any more relevant details.
Earlier it was reported that in the study of the information contained in the computer flight simulators, which was seized during the search of the house commander missing airliner, Malaysian authorities helps the FBI. It is assumed that the pilot deleted some files from the computer memory, which probably could help in the investigation.
The primary objective of
Transport Minister Hussain stressed at a press conference on Wednesday that the captain of the aircraft is considered innocent until proven otherwise, and that his family was cooperating with the investigation.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said that the FBI is working in collaboration with the authorities of Malaysia. "At the moment we do not have any versions", - he said.
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