Missing Plane: '122 Objects' Spotted In Ocean

A satellite has spotted 122 'potential objects' in the southern Indian Ocean in the search for the missing Malaysia Airline plane.

The objects measured between one metre and 23 metres in length and were identified about 1,500 miles off the coast of Perth in western Australia.

Some appeared to be bright, according to Malaysian officials.

The items were captured in satellite images from French company Airbus which were taken on Sunday March 23.

Malaysian investigators received the pictures on Tuesday and after analysing them, they identified 122 possible objects.

The findings were then forwarded to the Australian search command centre.

At the moment, it is not known if the objects were connected to missing flight MH370, which disappeared more than two weeks ago on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

UK satellite company Inmarsat helped narrow the search for MH370

The search area covering around 155 square miles has been split into two - west and east - with six planes from Australia, the US, New Zealand, China, Japan and South Korea, scouring each.

Malaysian officials have said they will never give up trying to find the jet and their determination "remains steadfast".

Malaysia's acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told a news conference: "It must be emphasised that we cannot tell whether the potential objects are from MH370."

But he said the latest satellite images were "the most credible lead we have".

Earlier, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said: "We are throwing everything we have at this search. We are just going to keep on looking because we owe it to people to do everything we can to resolve this riddle."

Grieving relatives have expressed their anger in Beijing

The race is now on to find the debris field, which if it turns out to be parts of the missing jet, could be used to "back-track" and help locate the point of impact.

This will be critical to finding the black box data recorders, which could hold vital clues to what happened aboard the Boeing 777.

Theories range from hijacking to sabotage or a possible suicide by one of the pilots, but investigators have not ruled out technical problems.

The search, which had to be suspended on Tuesday due to bad weather, continues amid heavy criticism of Malaysia and the airline from the relatives of the people on the flight.

Dozens of angry Chinese people clashed with police in a protest outside Malaysia's Embassy in Beijing. Most of the passengers were Chinese.

Mr Hishammuddin said he understood the feelings of those relatives, but pointed out Malaysian nationals had also been lost.

"I think history will judge us well," he said.

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