Objects seen at sea called ‘best lead’ in plane search

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Royal Australian Air Force pilot Flight Lieutenant Russell Adams flew his AP-3C Orion on Wednesday over the Southern Indian Ocean during the search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

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A satellite image shows a 15-foot-long object that may be possible debris from the missing Boeing 777.

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Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore John McGarry (left) listened to John Young, Australian Maritime Safety Aiuthority emergency response general manager, during a news conference Thursday in Canberra, Australia.

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Journalists in Putrajaya, Malaysia, looked at the television as Young spoke during Thursday’s news conference.

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Satellite images show a second object that's nearly 80 feet long.

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Malaysia's Minister of Defense and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (left) listened to a question Thursday during a news conference at a hotel near Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia.

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One of the ships assisting in the search for debris is this Hoegh Autoliners vessel. It was expected to arrive at the site where satellites spotted possible debris on Thursday.

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This satellite image showed areas searched between March 18 and March 20 for the missing jetliner.