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澳大利亚发现两处疑似飞机残骸

Australia is investigating two objects seen on satellite images that could potentially be linked to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, officials say.
 
澳大利亚正着手调查从卫星图上看到的两个物体,这些物体可能与失联的马来西亚客机有关。
Australian authorities said one of the objects was 24m in size
Australian authorities said one of the objects was 24m in size
 
Planes and ships from Australia, New Zealand and the US were heading to the area 2,500km  south-west of Perth to search for the objects. 
 
The largest appeared to be 24m in size, maritime authorities said, but warned they could be unrelated to the plane. 
 
Australia has been searching in the southern Indian Ocean for the aircraft. 
 
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March when it lost contact with air traffic controllers. A total of 239 people were on board. 
 
Twenty-six nations have been involved in a major search for the missing plane, which Malaysia says was intentionally diverted. 
 
Investigators have been scrutinising(细致观察) the backgrounds of both the crew and the passengers, but have so far identified no evidence of terror or other potentially relevant links. 
 
A number of sightings of possible debris have been investigated in the course of the search but so far none have proved to be linked.