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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.
    HAMISH PATERSON/AFP/Getty Images
    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.
  • A satellite image shows a 15-foot-long object that may be possible debris from the missing Boeing 777.
    Australian Maritime Safety Authority via EPA
    A satellite image shows a 15-foot-long object that may be possible debris from the missing Boeing 777.
  • 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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    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.
  • Journalists in Putrajaya, Malaysia, looked at the television as Young spoke during Thursday’s news conference.
    SAMSUL SAID/Reuters
    Journalists in Putrajaya, Malaysia, looked at the television as Young spoke during Thursday’s news conference.
  • Satellite images show a second object that's nearly 80 feet long.
    AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE
    Satellite images show a second object that's nearly 80 feet long.
  • Malaysia's Minister of Defence 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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    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.
  • 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.
    HOEGH AUTOLINERS/AFP/Getty Images/File
    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.
  • This satellite image showed areas searched between March 18 and March 20 for the missing jetliner.
    Australian Maritime Safety Authority via Getty Images
    This satellite image showed areas searched between March 18 and March 20 for the missing jetliner.
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