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A Chinese air force plane involved in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane spotted a number of floating objects in the search area Saturday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said.

It was not clear whether these objects were near where Xinhua reported that a pulse signal sent by so-called black boxes was detected.

Xinhua said China's Haixun 01 patrol ship picked up the signal around 25 degrees south latitude and 101 degrees east longitude. "It is yet to be established whether it is related to the missing jet," It said.

"It's not the prime search area but it's not out of the question that this could possibly be from the black box," Said David Gallo, a CNN analyst with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

The signal reported -- 37.5 kHz -- "Is the standard beacon frequency" For the plane's cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, said Anish Patel, president of pinger manufacturer Dukane Seacom.

Experts have cautioned that no confirmation has been made that the signal was linked to the missing plane. Ref. CNN

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Search organizers are considering sending Royal Australian Air Force assets to the area where a Chinese ship is reported to have detected electronic pulse signals, the head of the Australian agency coordinating the search operation said in a statement today.

The signals "In the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane could not be verified at this point in time," Retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston said.

"The characteristics reported are consistent with the aircraft black box. A number of white objects were also sighted on the surface about 90 kilometers from the detection area. However, there is no confirmation at this stage that the signals and the objects are related to the missing aircraft," Houston said.

Australia's Rescue Coordination Centre has spoken to Chinese officials to seek more "Relevant" Information, Houston said. Ref. CNN

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The pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, was the last person to speak to air traffic controllers, Malaysian sources told CNN today. "Good night, Malaysian three-seven-zero," He said, according to the sources.

The plane disappeared from military radar for about 120 nautical miles after it deviated from its original course and crossed back over the Malaysian peninsula, sources say. Based on available data, this means the plane must have dipped in altitude to between 4,000 and 5,000 feet, a senior Malaysian government official and a source involved in the investigation tell CNN.

Malaysia Air Force jets scrambled in the Straits of Malacca as a precautionary measure, soon after the plane was reported missing, Malaysian sources told CNN. The jets were scrambled before authorities corroborated the data that the plane turned back westward, a senior Malaysian government official told CNN. Ref. CNN

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MH370 "flown like fighter jet"

MISSING plane MH370 was reportedly 'thrown around like a fighter jet" after it lost contact with authorities in a bid to avoid radar. Ref. Source 1

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A U.S. Official with firsthand knowledge of the investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 told CNN's Pamela Brown today that a cell phone tower in Penang, Malaysia -- about 250 miles from where the flight disappeared -- detected the co-pilot's phone searching for service around the time the plane vanished.

The revelation follows reporting over the weekend in a Malaysian newspaper that co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid had tried to make a telephone call while the plane was in flight. However, the U.S. Official -- who cited information shared by Malaysian investigators -- said there was no evidence the co-pilot had tried to make a call.

The details do appear to reaffirm suggestions based on radar and satellite data that the plane turned around and was likely flying low enough to obtain a signal from a cell tower, the official said. Ref. CNN

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Sub aborts search for MH370 when ocean proves too deep

U.S.-made robotic Bluefin-21 returns to surface after hitting 15,000-foot maximum depth. Ref. Source 2

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The search area currently being combed by an underwater drone for Flight 370 should be completed within the next week, said the Malaysian acting transport minister.

The underwater scan of the southern Indian Ocean for traces of the plane will be intensified for the next few days, the minister said. Ref. CNN

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MH370 "may have landed not crashed"

WITH the search for the jet proving fruitless, sources say investigators are revisiting the possibility the plane landed somewhere. Ref. Source 9