the australian search aircraft spotted objects in the search zone. that was being sent out. that is an unconfirmed report here in indonesia. he has confirmed objects have been spotted by the australians, christine. at this stage, he said we don t know if it is related to flight 8501. remember mh-370 there were multiple reports of debris off the coast of malaysia. that turned out to be not related. the plane did not come anywhere near the area where the debris was being seen. a very very inn exact science at the moment until they can get eyes on and pull the debris out of the water and get a clear picture, it will only be speculation. i think mh-370 has given us a healthy dose of skepticism in the early hours after a tragedy. andrew stevens, thank you.
interviews with the pilot and the co-pilot. they didn t say what those dwrae details were, but they have questioned more than 100 people in connection with this. cnn s andrew stevens is live in perth, australia. andrew, a lot of ships now headed to that area, it appears. reporter: that s right. it certainly sounds like there is, indeed. the focus gets ever sharper on this area, and it is all tying into this broader pattern that this does seem to be, obviously, the most important lead they have, but things do seem to be strengthening almost by the hour, certainly by the day. to have we had sightings by chinese aircraft into two objects of relatively big size in the search zone and several smaller objects located in a field roughly a few square miles around it. add that to the objects, smaller
in the cabin? well, possibly, but the pilot in that case would almost certainly be dropping altitude and coming in to land at an airport. and there is more than one airport that this aircraft came very close to before it took off and headed towards the indian ocean. so, why? you know, that raises the question. it s just another one of the puzzle pieces. and it just stresses more than ever before why it s so important to find the plane to get the flight data recorders and discover the real process that took place inside the cockpit. right now we have a mystery. we re waiting for a press briefing that should be starting at any moment. and we ll bring you the latest. if we hear it, you will, too. deborah? jim clancy, thanks so much. clearly, no mayday call at all, raising more questions and time running out, because that black box only emits the ping for about 30 days, so they ve got 13 more to go. oh, wow. all right, the families of the 239 people on board malaysia airlines flight 37
imagine an aircraft that could be traveling upwards of 500 miles per hour crashing into hard ground, it s a very traumatic event. but in most cases even so these are able to survive and we re able to get data off it. land or sea, if there was a crash, we don t even know there was a crash at this point, we know nothing about what happened to this plane. it s full circle. we know nothing about the airplane but until we have this, we know nothing. it s a tough nut to crack. lots of developments breaking this morning. let s get to our top story. a few minutes ago an australian search aircraft had located two objects. sitting through the flight, you truly begin to understand just how remote this area is. if there was a high dive like this, either it was malfunction,
two orange objects approximately one meter in length and one white-colored trunk were sighted by search aircraft but remain unidentified and have not been complicitly linked to mh-370. success detected two radar targets within the search area but could not locate the targets on further investigation of the area. earlier today, a chinese search plane reportedly sighted objects in the australian search area. these objects are not in the vicinity of those which were identified by the australian authorities last week. a few minutes ago, the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia, who informed him that an australian search aircraft had located two objects in the australian search area, one circular and one rectangular. hmas success is in the vicinity, and it is possible