Malaysian Airlines jet missing for more than two weeks has spotted two new objects in Indian Ocean.

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An Australian aircraft scouring the southern Indian Ocean for signs of a Malaysia Airlines jet missing for more than two weeks has spotted two new objects, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today.

Abbott told parliament an Australian naval vessel was near where the objects, one circular and greenish grey in colour and the second orange and rectangular, had been seen and hoped to be able to recover them soon.

A Chinese search aircraft earlier reported seeing several different objects but a U.S. navy aircraft failed to find them.

Speaking about the development during today's media briefing, acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said: "A few minutes ago the Prime Minister [of Malaysia] 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 that the objects could be received within the next few hours, or by tomorrow morning at the latest."

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