Chinese icebreaker Xuelong to head for MH370 search - Xinhua

AUSTRALIA-PERTH-CHINESE ICEBREAKER-XUELONG-MISSING JET-SEARCH (CN)

The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, awaits orders for the search of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at the port of Perth, a southwestern port city of Australia, March 20, 2014. Xuelong will set off to the waters where suspected debris of the missing flight MH370 has been found, according to the State Oceanic Administration of China. (Xinhua/Tang Zhijian)

ABOARD XUELONG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese icebreaker Xuelong is set to head for the southern Indian Ocean on Friday to search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhuanet) -- It’s been 13 days 13 days after the Malaysia flight MH370 vanished with 239 people on board.Full story

Australian navy plane fails to locate suspicious debris: AMSA

CANBERRA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- An Australian navy P-3 plane has failed to locate suspicious debris spotted during the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said on Thursday.Full Story

24-meter-long suspicious object sighted: AMSA

CANBERRA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said on Thursday that two objects possibly related to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight have been spotted, with the large one about 24 meters long.

"The objects are relatively indistinct. The indication to me is of objects that are of a reasonable size and probably awash with water and bobbing up and down over the surface," said AMSA official John Young.Full story

U.S. searching aircraft picks up radar signature of large object -- onboard reporter

CANBERRA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- A reporter on board a U.S. P-8 aircraft searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 said Thursday that the crew have picked up radar signals of a large object in the Indian Ocean possibly linked to the missing plane.

The radar is getting "hits of significant size" and the crew are trying to get visuals on hits, U.S. broadcaster ABC said in a tweet quoting correspondent David Wright.Full story