gallons of fuel when it collided with a ship on saturday. scattered wildlife damage has been reported and it is blocking access to the houston ship channel, one of the busiest in the world. at least two cruise ships were stranded unable to dock. now to another race against time. happening right now in the indian ocean for that missing malaysian airliner. this morning china state news agency says a plane crew has spotted a white square shaped object. let's get to ian williams live in perth, australia. ian, how hopeful are searchers? >> reporter: good morning, veronica. it was spotted on the first trip out to the search area by the chinese planes. now what we do know is that they say they saw two large white square objects and a large number of smaller white objects, which were spread over several square miles. now, we do now know that they spotted this on their way back