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STORY: An Australian aircraft scouring the southern Indian Ocean for signs of a Malaysia Airlines jet missing for more than two weeks has spotted two new objects, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday (March 24).

Abbott told parliament an Australian naval vessel was near where the objects, one circular and greenish grey in colour and the second orange and rectangular, had been seen and hoped to be able to recover them soon.

"The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has advised that objects have been located by a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion, and I can advise the house the HMS is on scene and is attempting to locate and recover these objects. The objects were spotted in the search area about 2500 kilometers about southwest of Perth at about 2:45 pm our time. The crew on board the Orion reported seeing two objects, first a grey or green circular object and the second an orange rectangular object. These are separat