MELBOURNE
Australia is investigating two objects found in the southern Indian Ocean it says may be linked to the 13-day disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told a parliamentary session Thursday that the largest of the pieces appears to be 24 meters.
Acting Malaysian transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein twittered at 12.21pm on Thursday that the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak had received a call from Abbott at 10am.
"10AM: PM @NajibRazak rcvd call frm Australia PM @TonyAbbottMHR - ‘2 possible objects' id-ed in Southern Indian Ocean," Hishammuddin's Twitter feed said.
Hishammuddin then twittered that he was also briefed by the Australian High Commissioner and at that stage Australian officials had yet to establish whether the objects were related to MH370
Abbott earlier said that four planes had been sent out to the place where the objects were spotted, where they will investigate any debris.
The premier did not dismiss the possibility that they could be unrelated to the plane.
Flight MH370 went missing after losing radio contact with Malaysian and Vietnamese air traffic control after leaving Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 8.
The Beijing-bound flight was carrying 239 passengers including 12-flight crew from 14 different countries.
The aircraft is now believed to have turned back from its original flight path and followed a route between navigational waypoints (aviation corridors) N571 and P628.
N571 or waypoint Vampi is used by commercial airplanes traveling to the Middle East while P628 or waypoint Igrex is used to fly to Europe.
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