A Chinese plane crew spotted a white, square-shaped object in an area identified by satellite imagery as containing possible debris from the missing Malaysian airliner, China's media said Monday, while the United States prepared to move a specialized device that can locate black boxes into the region.
The crew aboard an IL-76 plane sighted the object in the southern Indian Ocean search area on Monday and reported the co-ordinates to the Australian command centre, which is co-ordinating the multinational search, as well as the Chinese icebreaker Snow Dragon, which is en route to the area, Xinhua News Agency reported.
No further details were immediately given. Satellite images from Australia and China had earlier identified possible debris in the area that may be linked to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on March 8 with 239 people aboard.
Australian search authorities said they have been advised of the object and will be trying to locate them in the ocean.
"Attempts will be made to relocate," the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) tweeted.
Reuters cited Xinhua as saying the Chinese plane crew spotted two "relatively big" floating objects and several smaller white ones dispersed over several kilometres.
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