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An international search is continuing for a second day in the southern Indian Ocean as authorities try to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777.
Five military and civilian aircraft are taking part in the search for debris from flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board.
Bad weather hampered yesterday’s search efforts after satellite images showed objects possibly related to the aircraft in waters far southwest of the Australian city of Perth.
Australian prime minister Tony Abbott said: “It’s about the most inaccessible spot that you can imagine on the face of the earth, but if there is anything down there, we will find it.
“We owe it to the families of those people [on board] to do no less.”
Flight MH370 was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it lost contact with air traffic controllers and disappeared from radar.
Satellite data has led to a search in two corridors to the north and south of its last known location in the Malacca Straits – the opposite direction from its flight path.
Malaysian officials say they believe the 777 was intentionally diverted. Authorities in many countries have scrutinised the backgrounds of both passengers and crew on board but say they have no substantive leads, the BBC reported.
Other reports of debris to date have proved not to be linked to the missing aircraft.