Planes renew attempt to get 122 floating objects

By ROB GRIFFITHSCOTT McDONALD

Published March 26, 2014 11:49pm ET

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Planes renew attempt to get 122 floating objects — In this Wednesday, March 26, 2014 photo, Flight Engineer Ron Day, right, on board a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion, searches for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. A French satellite scanning the Indian Ocean for remnants of the missing jetliner found a possible plane debris field containing 122 objects, a top Malaysian official said Wednesday, calling it "the most credible lead that we have." (AP Photo/Paul Kane, Pool) | Paul Kane

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More satellite images have given searchers the latest clues in the hunt for the downed Malaysian jetliner, as planes flew out of Australia on Thursday trying to spot 122 objects seen floating in the turbulent Indian Ocean where officials believe the missing passenger jet may have crashed.

Almost two-thirds of the 239 people who died on the flight were from China, and the first search plane in the air was a Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft.

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