DHAKA: Malaysian naval vessels saw no immediate sign of wreckage when they reached the maritime area off the country’s north-east coast where a missing Malaysia Airlines flight last made contact on Saturday.

A senior rescue official said, reports The Straits Times.

Malaysia has sent three maritime enforcement ships and a navy vessel to the area, backed by three helicopters, a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency official told media.

‘Our aircraft asset spotted an orange speck in the sea where the last signal came from. We sent a vessel to search the area and it was confirmed that it was nothing,’ the official told media.

Beijing-bound flight MH370, operating a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, last made contact with air traffic controllers 120 nautical miles off the east coast Malaysian town of Kota Bharu, the airline’s top official had said earlier.

BDST: 1707 HRS, MAR 08, 2014