Malaysia's civil aviation chief says no signs of the missing Malaysian jetliner have been found at a location where Chinese satellite images showed what could have been plane debris.
Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said planes searched the site today.
"There is nothing. We went there, there is nothing," he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
Vietnamese officials previously said the area had already been "searched thoroughly" in recent days.
Satellite images from China's State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence showed three floating objects in the Strait of Malacca, where it's speculated the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 travelled after it left its approved flight path.
The hunt for the Boeing 777 has been punctuated by false leads since it disappeared with 239 people aboard just hours after leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing on Saturday.
Malaysia Airlines has now retired the missing jetliner's flight code as a sign of respect to the passengers and crew on board.
The airline said today it will no longer be using MH370 and MH371 and starting tomorrow, MH318 and MH319 will be used for twice-a-day flights to and from Beijing.
"Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families of our colleagues and passengers of MH370," the airline said.
Source: ONE News
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