China plane searching for jet spots 3 objects

A relative of one of the Chinese passengers aboard the Malaysia Airlines jet, MH370, grieves after being told of the latest news in Beijing, China, Monday, March 24, 2014. AP FILE PHOTO

BEIJING—China’s state news agency says a Chinese aircraft has spotted three suspicious objects floating in a search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet.

Xinhua News Agency said Saturday that the Chinese military plane Ilyushin IL-76 sighted the three floating objects of white, red and orange colors respectively, from an altitude of 300 meters (yards).

Flight 370 disappeared March 8 while bound from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Investigators believed it crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, where planes and ships have been looking to recover any debris.