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March 21, 2014, 7:11 am
Australia will continue the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines flight on Friday.AAP
Australia will continue the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Friday as Prime Minister Tony Abbott defends linking images of possible debris to the plane.
Two objects in the southern Indian Ocean remain the target for Australian authorities as the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues on Friday.
Four Australian aircraft completed the search over the 23,000 square kilometre area south-west of Perth, returning with no leads.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said the satellite images of the objects are credible but they may not be from the plane.
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Speaking to reporters in Papua New Guinea, Mr Abbott defended announcing the possible link to the plane in parliament.
Satellite imagery of the objects spotted. Photo: AMSA
He said it was the most "serious" lead so far in the search.
"We don't know what that satellite saw until we get much closer look at it, but this is the most tangible clue in what's been an utterly baffling mystery," Mr Abbott said on Thursday night.
Defence Minister David Johnston was also cautious of raising any false hopes.
"We are several days away from having an idea of the credibility and veracity of this (satellite) report," Senator Johnston told ABC TV.
The Australian Navy ship HMAS Success is en route to aid in the search when it recommences at first light.
Norwegian ship at debris zone
A Norwegian ship also reached an area of the Indian Ocean where possible debris of the missing plane was spotted, shipping company Hoegh Autoliners said.
"The ship has arrived at the site to take part in the search," said Cecilie Moe, spokeswoman for the Norwegian company.
No object likely to have come from flight MH370 has been recovered at this stage, said Christian Dahll, another spokesperson for Hoegh Autoliners.
Dahll added that the search window for Thursday was limited since sunset was at around 1300 GMT.
"The ship will travel along a route provided by Australian authorities until nightfall," he told AFP.
"After that, we will assess the situation with the Australian authorities."
A Royal Australian Air Force plane deployed to search part of the Indian Ocean for any potential signs of the missing MH370 passenger jet returned to Perth without spotting any debris. Photo: Reuters.
Sturla Henriksen, director general of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, said that the search area extends over a distance of "60 nautical miles, around 100 kilometres".
The St. Petersburg, a vehicles carrier, will travel "back and forth (along the route) in the hope of finding what has been identified as debris", Henriksen told Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, adding that the ship does not have any capacity to retrieve objects from the sea.
The vessel was on its way from Port Louis in Mauritius to the Australian city of Melbourne, when it was requested by the Australian authorities to reroute in order to identify debris spotted by satellite in the southern Indian Ocean.
After two weeks of false leads, Australia revived the investigation on the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 when it announced the detection of two "objects" in the southern Indian Ocean, some 2,500 kilometres southwest of Perth in western Australia.
The Hoegh St Petersburg car carrier has reached the area in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia where two floating objects, suspected to be debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner, were spotted, the ship's owner said on March 20, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
New phase
Hishammuddin Hussein, Malaysia's Acting Transport Minister, says that if the objects in the South Indian Ocean are confirmed to be from the missing Boeing 777-200, a new phase of the search will focus on an international operation to find the black box recorder.
He said that the black box is the vital clue in establishing exactly what happened to the MH370.
The black box of an aircraft records extensive data from the flight, including engine information, and changes to a plane's controls, altitude and oxygen levels. More importantly, it records conversations from within the cockpit, which will prove crucial to unlocking the mystery of the missing MH370.
"For families around the world, the one piece of information they want most is the information we just don’t have: the location of MH370," Hussein told a press conference
"Our primary focus has always been to find the aircraft. And with every passing day, our efforts have intensified.
"Yesterday I said that we wanted to reduce the area of the search. We now have a credible lead. There remains much work to be done to deploy the assets. This work will continue overnight."
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