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| Missing Malaysian plane: Search race to recover debris | Missing Malaysian plane: Search race to recover debris |
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| An Australian plane has spotted two objects in the hunt for the missing Malaysia plane, and a ship has arrived in the area to find them. | An Australian plane has spotted two objects in the hunt for the missing Malaysia plane, and a ship has arrived in the area to find them. |
| The objects could be picked up in the southern Indian Ocean in a few hours, Malaysia's transport minister said. | The objects could be picked up in the southern Indian Ocean in a few hours, Malaysia's transport minister said. |
| One object was circular and grey or green, and the other rectangular and orange, Australian PM Tony Abbott said. | |
| Mr Abbott said it was not known whether the objects were from flight MH370, and could be flotsam. | Mr Abbott said it was not known whether the objects were from flight MH370, and could be flotsam. |
| The two objects were different, he said, from several white, square-shaped objects spotted earlier by Chinese military planes. | The two objects were different, he said, from several white, square-shaped objects spotted earlier by Chinese military planes. |
| "The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has advised that objects have been located by a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion. And I can advise the House that HMAS Success is on scene and is attempting to locate and recover these objects," Mr Abbott told the Australian parliament. | "The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has advised that objects have been located by a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion. And I can advise the House that HMAS Success is on scene and is attempting to locate and recover these objects," Mr Abbott told the Australian parliament. |
| Investigators could be closer to resolving "one of the great mysteries of our time", he added. | Investigators could be closer to resolving "one of the great mysteries of our time", he added. |
| Speaking at a daily news briefing in Kuala Lumpur, Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein confirmed the missing airliner had been carrying wooden pallets, but said there was no connection yet to a reported Australian sighting of pallets floating in the search zone. | Speaking at a daily news briefing in Kuala Lumpur, Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein confirmed the missing airliner had been carrying wooden pallets, but said there was no connection yet to a reported Australian sighting of pallets floating in the search zone. |