The search for missing flight MH370 has taken a dramatic turn with possible debris spotted by a satellite.
This is what we know:
- Australia says the search for possible objects from missing flight MH370 has been called off for the day
- Reuters says a Norwegian ship has reached the area in southern Indian Ocean where possible debris from missing plane was seen on satellite images
- The Australian Maritime Safety Authority - AMSA - say they cannot locate debris thought to be from missing airline MH370 due to cloud & rain creating limited viability
- Possible debris from missing flight MH370 seen in the Indian Ocean 1,550 miles southwest of Perth.
- The objects were of "reasonable size", with one about 25 metres in length.
- Satellite images of the objects were dated March 16 and the debris will have moved since then.
- A number of aircraft have been sent to search the area where the objects were spotted.
- Four long-range surveillance planes have been diverted to look into the find in the southern Indian Ocean.
- John Young, manager of Australian Maritime Safety Authority's emergency response division, said visibility was poor and may hamper efforts to find the objects.
- He said they "are relatively indistinct on the imagery...but those who are experts indicate they are credible sightings."
- Mr. Young added: "The indication to me is of objects that are a reasonable size and probably awash with water, moving up and down over the surface."
- He said the depth of the ocean in the latest area, which is south from where the search had been focused on since Monday, is several thousand metres.
- The Australian naval vessel HMAS Success, which is capable of retrieving any debris, is some days away.
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