arrive in the area about 6:00 pm, having been diverted by rcc australia. the royal australian navy war ship hmas "success" is on route to the area but is some days away. she is equipped to recover any object located and proved to be from flight 370. the focus or a m.s. a is to continue of the search operation with all available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft are searching for any signs of the missing aircraft. weather conditions are moderate in the southern indian ocean where the search is taking police. however poor visibility has been reported, and that will hamper air and satellite efforts. a m.s. a holds grave concerns for the passengers and crew on board, and i must emphasise that these objects may be very difficult to locate and they may not be located to the church. air-commodore mc-gary and i will be willing to take questions. >> reporter: what do the objects look like? >> the objects are indistinct on the imagery, i'm not an expert in assessing the imagery, but those that are indicate that they are credible sightings. the images are ob

to arrive in the area at 6:00 pm, having been diverted by rcc australia. the royal australian war ship hmas "success" is on route to the area, but is some days away. she is quick to locating any objects located and proven to be from flight 370. the focus for a m.s. a is to sustain the search operation with all available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft are searching for signs of the missing aircraft. weather conditions are moderate in the southern indian ocean where the search is taking place. however, poor visibility has been reported, and this will hamper both air and satellite effort. a m.s. a continues to hold concerns for the passengers and crew on board, and i must emphasise that these objects may be very difficult to locate and they may not be related to the search. air-commodore mc-gary and i will be happy to take questions. >> reporter: what did the objects look like? what did they appear to be. >> they are relatively indistinct. i don't profess to be an expert in assessing the imagery. those that are expert indicate that they are credib

to arrive in the area about 6:00, having been diverted by rcc australia. the royal australian warship hma success is on route to the area, but it's some days away. she is equipped to locate any objected located and proven to be from mh 370. the focus is to continue the search operation with all available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft are searching for any signs of the missing aircraft. weather conditions are moderate in the southern indian ocean where the search is taking place. however, poor visibility has been reported, and this will hamper both air and satellite efforts. amsa continues to hold concern for the crew and passengers on board. we are happy to take any questions. >> what do they appear to be? >> the objects are relatively indistinct on the imagery. i don't profess to be an expert in assessing the imagery, but those who are expert indicate they are credible sightings. they are of reasonable size and probably awash with water. moving up and down out of the surface. >> do you have an idea of the size? like the size of a basketball o

further, three aircraft have been tasked by rcc australia to the area later today including a royal new zealand air force oryan and u.s. navy poe sigh don't aircraft. the second australian oryan departed pierce after 2 p.m. this afternoon and should be on scene at 6:00 p.m. this afternoon. new zealand oryan is due at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon and should be on scene at 8 p.m. a royal australian hercules aircraft has been tasked to drop data marker buoys. these marker buoys assist rcc australia by providing information about water movement, to assist in drift modelling. they will provide an ongoing reference point if the task of relocating the objects becomes protracted. a merchant ship that responded on monday is expected to arrive in the area about 6:00 p.m., having been diverted by rcc australia. royal australian navy warship is en route to the area but is some days away. she is equipped to recover -- and from mh-370. the focus is to continue the search operation with all available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft are searching for any signs of the missing aircraft. weather co

having been diverted by rcc australia.ustralian navy war ship is enroute to the area but is some days away. she is equipped to recover any objects located and proven to be from 370. the focus is to continue the search operation with all available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft are searching for any signs of the missing aircraft. weather conditions are moderate in the southern indian ocean where the search is taking place. however, poor visibility has been reported and this will hamper both air and satellite effort. there continues to be grave concern for the passengers on board. i must emphasize these objects may be very difficult to locate and may not be related to the search. >> what do they appear to be? >> the objects are relatively indistinct on the imagery. i don't profess to be an expert in assessing the imagery but those who are expert indicate they are credible sightings. and the indication to me is of objects that are reasonable size and are probably awash with water, bobbing up and down out of the su

"rcc australia" united states that ten aircraft will be used.ea. a number of chinese search vessels are set to commence arriving in the search area on the 25th of march. three aircraft, two from japan and one from the uae, have already departed today and are on en route to the southern corridor. six malaysian ships with three ship-borne helicopters are now in the northern part of the southern corridor. ten chinese ships are in the southern corridor carrying out search-and-rescue operations. "hms echo" is currently refueling in the mole deevz and will be sailing to the southern corridor this evening. in the northern corridor, turkmenistan confirmed they have had no sightings of mh-370 at all on their radar. each piece of information we receive from our partners in the northern corridor helps us to continuously narrow that corridor. satellite images, new leads into mh-370's possible location have come from satellite data. this is one of the four tools we identified that could narrow the search area along with surveillance radar data, increasing su

rcc australia received an expert assessment of commercial satellite imagery. captured by satellite. they may not be related to the aircraft. the assessment of these images was provided by the australian geopartial intelligence organization as a possible indication of debris southwest of perth. as a result of this information, four aircraft have been reoriented to the area 2,500 kilometers southwest of perth. a royal australian air force p-3 orion aircraft arrived in the area at about 10:50 a.m. another three aircraft have been tasked by rcc australia to the area, including a second ref orion. a royal new zealand air force orion and a u.s. navy p-8 poseidon. the poseidon was expected to arrive earlier this afternoon. the second raaf orion was expected to arrive the base at perth midafternoon. the new zealand orion was due to depart this afternoon. an raaf c-130 hercules aircraft has been tasked by rcc central you to drop data mark-up buoys to provide an ongoing reference point if the task of relocating the objects becomes perfected. they responded to shipping b

having been diverted by rcc australia.oyal australian navy war ship hma success is on route to the area but is some days away. she's proven to be from mh 370. the focus for answer to continue the search operation with all of available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft as searching for any signs of the missing aircraft. weather conditions are moderate in southern indian ocean where the search is taking place however, poor visibility has been reported this will hamper efforts. and continues to hold great concerns for passenger asks crew on board. and i must emphasize these objects maying very difficult to locate and they may not be related to the search. i'd be happy to take questions. >> what do they appear to be? >> the objects are indistinct on the imagery. i don't profess to be an expert but those who are expert indicate they're credible sightings the indication to me are objects reasonable size and probably awash. with water. moving up and down on the surface. >> are you aware of the size? a basketball or a sea

this information was passed to rcc australia by the ntsb to help further refine and narrow the searchities have indicated that they have shifted the search area approximately 1,100 kilometers to the northeast. because of ocean drift, this new search area could still be consistent with the potential objects identified by various satellite images over the past week. this work is ongoing, and we can expect further refinements. as the australian authorities indicated this morning, this is standard practice in a search operation. it is a process of continually refining data, which, in turn, further narrows the search area. with each step, we get closer to understanding mh-370's flight path. searches must be conducted on the best information available at the time. and in the search for mh-370, we have consistently followed the evidence and acted on credible leads. our search-and-rescue efforts have been directed by very refined and corroborated information and this is no different. last night, japanese authorities announced they had satellite images which showed a number of floating objects

rcc australia received an... >> andrew, how coordinated was the announcement with malaysian authorities and families waiting on word here. >> well, australia's prime minister said in parliament about four hours ago that he had, before talking to parliament, talking to the malaysian prime minister. at this stage no information came out from malaysia. the first we knew was from australia, from prime minister tony abbott. there's a press conference in malaysia due soon and we'll have more information there. it's fair to say that the search of the southern ocean area has been an australian search so far, and it's an australian satellite that zoomed in on the area and identified the two objects. in the press conference, there was a description of the expected size of those two objects. the spokesperson for the australian maritime safety authority was asked whether they were objects the size of a basketball. they are bigger than that. one expected to be 24 metres long. i realise you use imperial measures, but it is a big object, much, much bigger than anything so far. >> we'll talk about thos

rcc australia received an expert assessment of that satellite imagery this morning, 20th of march.ntinues to hold grave concerns for the passengers and crew on board. and i must emphasize that these objects may be very difficult to locate and they may not be related to the search. >> it's those new satellite images making a point in the south indian ocean ground zero in the search for missing malaysian flight 370, u.s.s. poseidon just finished its first search with no confirmation of debris. in light of the credible lead, extra medical staff has been added to the hotel crisis centers in beijing and kuala lumpur where the families have been waiting for answers about their loved ones. this is "way too early." >>> good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it's march 30th. welcome to wait wait. today is the first day of spring. some of you may believe me. others may not. we'll talk more about our weather coming up but we need to start with breaking news as australian authorities announce they've spotted two large objects in the area about 1500 miles off the coast of perth, austra

ship issued on monday is expected to arrive in the area about 6 p.m., having been diverted by rcc australiacover any objects located and proven to be from the flight. the focus is to continue the search operation with all available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft are searching. any signs of the missing aircraft. weather conditions are moderate in the southern indian ocean where the search is taking place. however, pork visibility has been reported, and this will hamper both air and satellite efforts. there is grave concerns for the passengers and crew on board. i must emphasize that these objects may be very difficult to locate and may not be related to the search. i will now be happy to take any questions. >> what do they appear to be? >> the objects are relatively in distinct on the imagery. i don't profess to be an expert in assessing the imagery, but those who are experts indicate they are credible sightings. the indication to me is of objects that are of reasonable size and probably awash with water. >> can you give us this size, like the size of a basket full or a seat cush

our cc -- rcc australia received an assessment of the imagery.aptured by satellite. they may not be related to the aircraft. the assessment of these images was provided by the australian intelligence organization as a possible indication of debris. as a result of this information, four aircraft have been redirected to the area 2500 kilometers southwest of perth. an orion aircraft arrived in the area at 10:50 a.m. another three aircraft have been cast to the -- tasked to the area, including an orion, new zealand orion, and a u.s. navy poseidon. poseidon is expected to arrive this afternoon. the orion was expected to depart base in perth midafternoon. the new new zealand orion was due to depart this afternoon. 130 aircraft has been cast by -- tasked to drop data drifts to assist in modeling. they would provide a reference point. ship responded to a shipping broadcast issued monday. it was expected to arrive in the area this afternoon. the royal australian navy ship hms success is some days away. the ship is well-equipped to recover any objects prov

rcc australia received an expert assessment for their satellite imagery this morning 20th of march.es to hold grave concerns for the passengers and crew on board. and i must emphasize that these objects may be very difficult to locate and they may not be related to the search. >> breaking news this morning as australian authorities announce the country has spotted two large objects in the indian ocean possibly linked to malaysian airlines flight 370. four planes are now searching the area about 1,500 miles off perth, australia. the area in question aligns with one of the projected flight paths of the missing airliner about four hours off australian's western shore line. u.s. navy and nelveed air force are assi john young spoke to reporters earlier this morning on this. >> the relatives are distinct on the imagery. i don't pretend to be an expert but those expert indicate they are credible sightings. the indication to me is objects of reasonable size and probably awash with water bobbing up and down out of the surface. >> the objects in the satellite images which were taken four days