Malaysia Flight MH370 -- News Updates March 20, 2014

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Two Potential Bits Of Missing Flight MH370 Wreckage Found: Australian PM Announces Discovery Of 78ft 'Debris' After New Satellite Data Calculations Narrowed Hunt To Remote Stretch Of Indian Ocean -- Daily Mail

* 'There is something down there' - U.S surveillance plane crew member
* Floating object was among two pieces spotted on satellite imagery
* It could take two days or longer to confirm what the debris is
* Initial sweeps of the area have not found the objects
* Pictures from surveillance aircraft show poor visibility
* Satellite images dated 'March 16' raise concerns debris has moved
* Unprecedented search in waters up to 5000m (16,400ft) deep
* The waters are twice as deep as those in which French plane went down
* Australian PM says images are 'credible and potentially important'
* Search planes and ships are on way to objects 2,500km southwest of Perth
* UK to send a ship to the southern corridor to aid with the search effort
* The search zone is about 350,000 square kilometres (185,000 square miles)

The air search for two objects that may be wreckage from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been called off for the day with surveillance planes unable to locate them - though a Norwegian ship will continue to search through the night.

The Australian government released pictures taken by satellite on March 16 of possible plane debris seen around 2,500km (1,500miles) southwest of Perth - one of the most remote areas of the planet that's a four-hour flight from the Australian coast.

One of the objects is estimated to be 78ft (24m) in size, the other 15ft (five metres), and the sighting of the objects was said by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to be 'credible and potentially important'.

Air crews reported being hampered by poor visibility caused by rain and clouds, but the officials said they would be back out on Friday morning.

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Malaysia Flight MH370 -- News Updates March 20, 2014

Debris spotted in airliner search: Live -- BBC
MH370: no sightings of possible plane debris - live updates -- The Guardian
Missing Malaysia Airlines Jetliner Live -- CNN
Latest information on search for Malaysian plane -- Washington Post

No sign of mystery objects as Australia suspends search for the day -- CNN
MH370: poor conditions hamper search for debris in Indian Ocean -- The Guardian
Aussies call off search for jet until Friday, Norwegian ship searching through night -- Chicago Tribune
Hunt for Missing Jet Fails to Find Objects Spotted by Satellite in Indian Ocean -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Australia spots objects possibly tied to missing Malaysia Airlines plane -- Washington Post
Possible debris off Australia a 'credible lead' for missing Malaysia jet -- Reuters
Australia plane searchers investigate debris -- BBC
Australia PM says possible MH370 flight debris spotted in southern Indian Ocean -- RT
Possible plane debris spotted off Australia -- Al Jazeera
Possible debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 spotted -- CBS/AP
Australia Checking Possible Debris From Missing Malaysia Jet -- Voice of America
Planes Scour Ocean After Possible Debris From Flight 370 Spotted -- WSJ
Objects Spotted by Satellite Are 'Best Lead' in Malaysia Airlines Search -- ABC
Difficulties presented in 'remote corner of planet' may hamper Flight 370 search -- CNN
MH370 search: six questions about the objects in the Indian Ocean -- The Guardian
Possible debris off Australia a 'credible lead' for missing Malaysia jet -- Reuters
Is floating debris found off Australia coast wreckage from Malaysian jet? -- Washington Times
Could debris be missing flight MH370? -- BBC
Straight line from last contact to 'debris' site suggests on-board emergency knocked out MH370 crew and left plane to fly on auto-pilot until running out of fuel, says aviation expert -- Daily Mail
Debris sighting stirs Flight 370 families' emotions -- CNN
Missing Malaysia Airlines jet -- what have terrorists learned? -- K.T. McFarland, FOX News
The hunt for MH370: which theories are plausible, and which don't add up? -- The Guardian
If this is the debris of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, what happens next? -- Tom Watkins and Ben Brumfield, CNN
What it means if 'objects' are Flight 370 -- Robert Goyer, CNN