PETALING JAYA: For the first time, objects have been retrieved from the sea in relation to the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), in a statement Saturday, said Chinese vessel Haixun 01 as well as Australian navy ship HMAS Success had retrieved a number of objects from the ocean, but said so far no objects confirmed to be related to MH370 had been recovered.

Search activities for Saturday concluded with approximately 252,000 sq km searched.