Thailand’s only earth observation satellite has spotted 300 floating objects in the southern Indian Ocean as part of a search effort for missing Malaysia Flight 370.

The objects, ranging from two to 15 metres in size and scattered over an area about 2,700 kilometres southwest of Perth were spotted on Monday although the images needed several days to process.

The objects were spotted about 200 kilometres away from an area where French satellite images earlier showed potential objects in the search for the Boeing 777 which vanished on March 8 with 239 people aboard.

The search in the southern Indian Ocean was today suspended due to bad weather.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said through its Twitter feed that all aircraft were returning to Perth although ships would remain in the search area.

Six military aircraft from four countries and five civil aircraft were scheduled to join the search Thursday along with four Chinese ships and one Australian vessel.

The Malaysian government yesterday announced that French satellites had spotted 122 unidentified objects floating in the southern Indian Ocean search area.

AMSA confirmed on Thursday the positions of the objects were within the search zone.

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