Kuala Lumpur: A Vietnamese plane has reportedly sighted debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet floating in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared with 239 people, including six Australians, on board on Saturday.
The Vietnamese Information Ministry made the announcement on its web page on Sunday, saying the objects appeared to be a fragment of an aircraft’s tail and an interior door.
The objects were located about 90 kilometres south of the island of Tho Chu, in the same area where the plane could have gone down if it did not alter its route, a possibility that is currently being investigated. It is in the same area where oil slicks were spotted on Saturday.
The discovery came shortly before nightfall, when air operations were cancelled until Monday morning.
The report was transmitted to boats in the area that are participating in search and rescue operations so they can recover the objects and determine precisely what they are and where they came from.
China, the United States, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, shortly to be joined by Australia, are co-operating in the search for the Boeing 777-200.
Vietnamese authorities searching waters for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner spotted an object on Sunday that they suspected was one of the plane's doors, as international intelligence agencies joined the investigation into two passengers who boarded the aircraft with stolen passports.
10/03/14 Eileen Ng and Chris Brummitt/The Age
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The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared with 239 people, including six Australians, on board on Saturday.
The Vietnamese Information Ministry made the announcement on its web page on Sunday, saying the objects appeared to be a fragment of an aircraft’s tail and an interior door.
The objects were located about 90 kilometres south of the island of Tho Chu, in the same area where the plane could have gone down if it did not alter its route, a possibility that is currently being investigated. It is in the same area where oil slicks were spotted on Saturday.
The discovery came shortly before nightfall, when air operations were cancelled until Monday morning.
The report was transmitted to boats in the area that are participating in search and rescue operations so they can recover the objects and determine precisely what they are and where they came from.
China, the United States, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, shortly to be joined by Australia, are co-operating in the search for the Boeing 777-200.
Vietnamese authorities searching waters for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner spotted an object on Sunday that they suspected was one of the plane's doors, as international intelligence agencies joined the investigation into two passengers who boarded the aircraft with stolen passports.
10/03/14 Eileen Ng and Chris Brummitt/The Age
