New Analysis Shows ‘Man-Made’ Objects Near Suspected Malaysia Airlines Crash Site

A Malaysia Airlines plane prepares for landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur on July 21, 2014. MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images

Australia announced on Wednesday that 12 objects that floated three years ago near the suspected crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were likely “man-made,” according to a new analysis of photos taken via satellite.

An underwater search of the missing plane, which had 239 people on board and disappeared in March 2014, spanned about three years but failed to find any signs of the aircraft.

The images taken two weeks after MH370 disappeared were analyzed by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), which used drift modeling of the debris to suggest a new potential location of the plane’s crash site, the Guardian reported. Two agencies, Geoscience Australia and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), analyzed the photos.

Australian naval ships replenish a United States Navy ship in the South Indian Ocean, during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on April 12, 2014. Australia is considering sending navy ships to help challenge the Chinese regime's claims in the South China Sea. LSIS James Whittle/Australia Department of Defence via Getty Images