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| Malaysia Airlines MH370: China in new 'debris' clue | Malaysia Airlines MH370: China in new 'debris' clue |
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| Satellite images of possible debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been released on a Chinese government website. | Satellite images of possible debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been released on a Chinese government website. |
| The three images show what appear to be large, floating objects in the South China Sea. Previous sightings of possible debris have proved fruitless. | |
| The China-bound plane went missing on Friday with 239 people on board. | The China-bound plane went missing on Friday with 239 people on board. |
| It vanished about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur as it flew south of Vietnam's Ca Mau peninsula. | It vanished about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur as it flew south of Vietnam's Ca Mau peninsula. |
| No distress signal or message were sent. | No distress signal or message were sent. |
| The three images are: | The three images are: |
| The images were taken on Sunday, a day after the plane disappeared, but were only released on Wednesday on the website of China's State Administration for Science. | |
| Map co-ordinates place the objects in the South China Sea east of Malaysia and off the southern tip of Vietnam. | |
| China's official Xinhua news agency says the largest of the objects measures about 24m x 22m (78ft x 72ft). | |
| 'All right, roger that' | |
| China has deployed several high-resolution satellites - controlled from the Xian Satellite Control Centre in northern China - to help search for the jet, the People's Liberation Army said on Tuesday. | |
| Earlier, Malaysian authorities revealed that the last communication from the jet suggested everything was normal on board. | Earlier, Malaysian authorities revealed that the last communication from the jet suggested everything was normal on board. |
| Flight MH370 replied "All right, roger that" to a radio message from Malaysian air control, authorities said. Minutes later all contact with the plane was lost. | Flight MH370 replied "All right, roger that" to a radio message from Malaysian air control, authorities said. Minutes later all contact with the plane was lost. |
| China's foreign ministry has complained that there is "too much confusion" regarding information released about the plane's flight path. | |
| There were 153 Chinese nationals on the flight. | |
| "It is very hard for us to decide whether a given piece of information is accurate," spokesman Qin Gang told reporters in Beijing. | "It is very hard for us to decide whether a given piece of information is accurate," spokesman Qin Gang told reporters in Beijing. |
| Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein dismissed the allegations and said that Malaysia would "never give up hope" of finding the plane's passengers and crew. | |
| "It's only confusion if you want it to be seen as confusion," he told a press conference. | |
| "I think it's not a matter of chaos. There are a lot of speculations that we have answered in the last few days," he added. | |
| Earlier on Wednesday, Malaysia's air force chief Rodzali Daud denied remarks attributed to him in local media that the flight had been tracked by military radar to the Malacca Strait, far west of its planned route. | Earlier on Wednesday, Malaysia's air force chief Rodzali Daud denied remarks attributed to him in local media that the flight had been tracked by military radar to the Malacca Strait, far west of its planned route. |
| Gen Rodzali Daud said he "did not make any such statements", but added that the air force had "not ruled out the possibility of an air turn-back". | Gen Rodzali Daud said he "did not make any such statements", but added that the air force had "not ruled out the possibility of an air turn-back". |
| Early search efforts focused on waters between Malaysia and Vietnam but the search area has since been widened. | Early search efforts focused on waters between Malaysia and Vietnam but the search area has since been widened. |