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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 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 was 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. | 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. | 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). | China's official Xinhua news agency says the largest of the objects measures about 24m x 22m (78ft x 72ft). |
'All right, roger that' | '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. | 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. |
The area where the latest images were taken appears to be close to where the initial search took place. | |
Malaysian officials have since widened the search to the west of the peninsula amid reports that the plane could have tried to turn back or - for reasons that are not clear- turned west towards the Malacca Strait. | |
Malaysia said it had also asked India to join the search near the Andaman Sea, suggesting the plane might have reached those waters after crossing the Malacca Strait. | |
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 Strait. | |
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". | |
China's foreign ministry has complained that there is "too much confusion" regarding information released about the plane's flight path. | 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. | 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. | 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. | "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. | "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. |