DHAKA: Australian search planes have been diverted to find two objects in the southern Indian Ocean "possibly related" to the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Parliament that "new and credible information has come to light" relating to the search.

"The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search," he said.

The Prime Minister said he had spoken with his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak, and cautioned that the objects had yet to be identified.

So far the investigation has focused on the possibility that the plane was deliberately diverted from its flight path.

Australia has been leading the search in an area 3,000 kilometres south-west of Perth.

Source: abc.net.au

BDST: 1027 HRS, MAR 20, 2014