The latest sightings related to the missing Malaysian Airlines aircraft is credible, but not a confirmed fact, Malaysian authorities have said on Thursday.
Malaysias acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein disclosed the latest updates in a press briefing, The Star Online reported.
Meanwhile, experts have said that it might take up to 48 hours to confirm if the debris found at sea belonged to the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak on Thursday morning as the search for the missing plane entered day 13.
The Australian premier claimed of spotting two objects in the southern Indian Ocean some 2,500 kilometres south-west of Perth.
The latest sightings, while credible, are yet to be confirmed if they are linked to MH370, Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin told the media.
A high-level team is leaving for Beijing on Thursday evening to help the Chinese families, he added.
Earlier, Australian Maritime Safety Authority official Johan Young said that the two objects were “bobbing up and down over the surface of the ocean.”
“This is the best information we have,” Young had said.
Australia has sent four search aircrafts and two ships into the sea at the spot. It takes four hours for an aircraft flying out of the base in Perth to reach the location.
