Authorities searching the missing Malaysia Airlines jet have scrambled rescue helicopters and boats after the unconfirmed sighting of what could be a life raft from the plane.
The crew from a Vietnamese jet reported seeing a "yellow object" floating in the sea around 250 miles off the country’s southern coast, but were unable to get close enough to describe it in any more detail, the Vietnamese transport minister said.
Search and rescue teams from Vietnam have been dispatched to the area in helicopters, and a ship has been sent from Malaysia, to investigate the area around 90 miles south-west of Tho Chu Island.
Officials held a press conference this morning to discuss the development with the possible life raft, after they had earlier quashed any rumours that objects from the plane had been found.
Speaking at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, the Director-General of Malaysia's Civil Aviation body, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, said samples of oil from a slick on the ocean were still being tested to see if had come from flight MH370.
He said officials were struggling with an "unprecedented aviation mystery".
"As far as we are concerned, we have to find the aircraft, we have to find a piece of the aircraft if possible," he said.
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