Malaysia Airlines
Members on a Search and Rescue ship look at a map of the Straits of Malacca as they hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, that disappeared from radar screens in the early hours of Saturday, in the Malacca Straits March 12, 2014. Malaysia's military has traced what could have been the Boeing 777 jetliner missing for almost five days to an area near India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, hundreds of miles from its last known position, the country's air force chief said on Wednesday. Reuters

A Chinese government agency said that a Chinese satellite is looking into the mysterious disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines plane “observed a suspected crash area at sea.” This could be a pivotal lead into what has been a long and frustrating search. China’s State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense announced the discovery, including images of what is said were three suspected floating objects and their sizes, as reported by CNN.

The incredible part of this is that the objects are not small: 43 feet by 59 feet, 42 feet by 62 feet and 79 feet by 72 feet. The images were captured the day after the plane was missing, they were just released Wednesday.

The coordinates given were of 105.63 east longitude and 6.7 east latitude putting the plane in waters northeast of where it took off in Kuala Lumpur. Peter Goelz, a former National Transportation Safety Board managing director said "I think they've got to get vessels and aircraft there as quickly as humanly possible."

Michael Goldfarb, former Federal Aviation Administration official, said "I think the size of the pieces ... everything we've heard... gives good cause to believe that we've now refocused the area. "And that's a huge relief to everybody. I think it's a high chance that they're going to confirm that these are pieces of the wreckage.”

Clive Irving, a senior editor with Conde Nast Traveler said that the size of the pieces, since they are fairly square and big do not conform to anything that’s on that plane.” This means that not every expert is convinced.

Bill Palmer, author of a book on Air France’s flight that mysteriously disappeared said "It's a very, very difficult situation to try to find anything. Looking for pieces on the shimmering water doesn't make it any easier."

CNN aviation expert Richard Quest said "It's the only clue that we've had so far. If this doesn't prove to be the wreckage of 370, then we're back to square one. We have to hope."

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