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Plane hunt delay Weather halts Indian Ocean search for objects spotted by satellite by Sharon MarriS BAD weather forced the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane to be put on hold last night after satellite images emerged showing what could be wreckage. Low cloud and rain halted the international operation in the southern Indian Ocean, hours after pictures showing two objects in the area were revealed. The potential debris was spotted 2,500km south-west of Perth, in Australia. One of the objects, highlighted by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa), was 24m long. ‘It’s probably the best lead that we have right now,’ said Amsa’s John Young. Military aircraft from Australia, the US and New Zealand were sent to the scene yesterday. A Norwegian ship has also arrived to help while others, including Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo, are on their way.
Possible debris: The satellite image
Operation: A plane from the Royal Australian Air Force takes part in the international search PIcture: AP The Boeing 777 vanished two weeks ago during a night flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No trace of the aircraft or the 239 people on board has been found despite a huge search operation from central Asia to Australia. The new images were taken on Sunday but brought to the attention of Amsa only yesterday be-
cause of the ‘large volume of imagery being searched and the detailed process of analysis that followed’, it said. If the pictures are of flight MH370, they would suggest there was an on-board emergency and an attempt by the pilots to turn around. They may have fallen unconscious, leaving the plane on a
‘ghost flight’ until it ran out of fuel. Previous sightings of objects including oil slicks have turned out to be unconnected to the airliner. Mr Young warned the objects in the latest images could have fallen off container ships – a common occurrence in the region.
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