Malaysia sends plane to site of Chinese satellite images – minister

In this March 9, 2014 satellite image seen on the website of the Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, floating objects are seen at sea next to the red arrow which was added by the source. China’s Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday that the images show suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner floating off the southern tip of Vietnam. AP

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia said Thursday it dispatched an aircraft to investigate the site where Chinese satellites photographed three “suspected floating objects,” near an area where several nations have been hunting for wreckage from a missing passenger plane.

“Bombardier has already been dispatched to investigate alleged claims of debris being found by Chinese satellite imagery,” Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on his Twitter feed, on the sixth day of the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 and the 239 people on board.