New data from a French
satellite shows potential debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in
the southern Indian Ocean, France's foreign ministry says.
It is the third possible sighting in the area off western Australia that has become the focus of the search effort.
An unnamed Malaysian official told the Associated Press that the new satellite image was taken on Friday, and that one of the potential objects was estimated to be about the same size as one spotted by a Chinese satellite that appeared to be 22m (72ft) by 13m (43ft).
The possible debris was located about 930km (575 miles) north of where the objects reported by China and Australia over the past week, the official added.
'Encouraging Signs'
Earlier, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the sightings of objects were encouraging signs.
Obviously we have now had a number of very credible leads and there is increasing hope - no more than hope, no more than hope - that we might be on the road to discovering what did happen to this ill-fated aircraft," he said.
On Saturday, China released a satellite image showing an object floating in the southern Indian Ocean near to the area already being searched, some 2,500 km (1,550 miles) south-west of Perth.
The grainy image was released by China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
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