The objects identified by the RAAF Orion are separate to the objects reported by the Chinese Ilyushin IL- 76 earlier today.
The objects reported by the Chinese were also within today's search area. The US Navy P8 Poseidon aircraft sought to relocate the objects reported by the Chinese aircraft but were unable to do so.
The US Navy P8 is remains in the search area, while a second RAAF P3 and a Japanese P3 are en route to their assigned search areas.
Malaysian Defence and Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein two unidentified orange objects and a white drum had been sighted but had no other details.
Emphasising that search for Boeing 777-200 will continue, Hishamuddin said 18500 sq nautical metres had been searched so far and the Air France crash team working closely with Malaysia.
He said police have interviewed more than 100 people, including families of both the pilot and co-pilot.
“As far as the transcript is concerned, the technical committee is considering releasing it,” he said.
He also said that MH370 was carrying wooden pallets. However, there is as yet no evidence that these are related to the wooden pallets reportedly sighted in the Australian search area.
The hunt for jet - that disappeared from radar screens an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8 with 239 people on board, including five Indians, an Indo-Canadian and 154 Chinese nations - was intensified with India, China and Japan deploying surveillance aircraft yesterday.
Updated on: March 24, 2014 16:31 IST
