Originally published March 25, 2014<br /><br />Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/<br />Check out our Android app: http://goo.gl/PtT6VD<br />Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A Chinese search plane spotted "suspicious objects", believed to be debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean on Monday.<br /><br />The objects, floating rectangular fragments scattered over several kilometres, were found some 2,500 kilometres southwest of Perth, Australia, according to a Sydney Morning Herald report. <br /><br />Among them were two larger items and a number of smaller white fragments, according to a report by China's official Xinhua news agency.<br /><br />China's foreign ministry could not confirm the items were linked to flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board, according to The Guardian newspaper.<br /><br />The Chinese Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 search plane took off on Monday at around 8:45 a.m. from RAAF Base Pearce in Perth and reached a search area where French and Chinese satellites had previously identified potential debris. <br /><br />Eight additional planes from Australia, the United States, Japan and New Zealand are involved in the search, while a number of Chinese ships are en-route.<br /><br />The United States Navy also announced it would send a state-of-the-art black box finder to the search area. <br /><br />The Navy's Pacific Command, based in the Philippines, said it was moving the sophisticated equipment into the area "as a precautionary measure in case a debris field is located<br /><br />"If a debris field is confirmed," Commander William Marks, a spokesman for the US Seventh Fleet, was quoted by Singapore's Straits Times as saying, "the Navy's Towed Pinger Locator 25 will add a significant advantage in locating the missing Malaysian aircraft's black box."<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
