Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein announced the news during his daily press briefing after he was handed a note by an aide.
"The news that I just received is that the Chinese ambassador received satellite images of floating objects in the southern corridor and they will be sending ships to verify," Hishammuddin said.
In a later press statement, the transport ministry clarified that there was one "suspected" object with an estimated size of 22.5 meters by 13 meters (74 by 43 feet).
Hishammuddin had provided different dimensions, which the statement said was the result of a telephone miscommunication.
Chinese state television later released a copy of the undated, grainy satellite image.
Attached coordinates suggested it was in roughly the same area of remote ocean as two possible objects spotted on satellite images taken March 16 and released by the Australian government on Thursday.
China's Xinhua news agency said the object was spotted 120 kilometers from those spotted by Australia.
Australian and US spotter planes have been scouring the area for the past three days, but without finding any sign of the suspected wreckage.
source: interaksyon.com
