Search for Malaysia Airlines MH370 Concentrates on Southern Indian Ocean

On Thursday morning, Malaysian authorities were informed by the Australian government that debris had been spotted some 2,300 kms south west of Perth, Australia.

The debris was spotted by satellite, and while it has still not been confirmed whether the debris is from the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft, or not, Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the sighting was "credible".

"The sightings are credible, but still need to be confirmed," he said yesterday. "We are intensifying the search in the area where we had the that credible sighting."

As of yesterday (Thursday, 20 March) at 5pm Kuala Lumpur time, the search consisted of 4 aircraft in the northern corridor, and 25 aircraft along with 18 ships in the southern corridor. Malaysia is also sending two aircraft to Kazakhstan.

Hishammuddin Hussein said on Thursday that China was also using 21 satellites to search within its borders.

The Transport Minister added that, "Deep sea searches are something we are looking into." But he admitted that "not many countries have that sort of equipment."

Today, aircraft and ships will be trying to locate the debris spotted in order to identify it properly.