DHAKA: A further 122 objects potentially from missing Malaysian flight have been identified by satellite.

Malaysia’s acting transport minister has said, reports the BBC.

The images, taken on 23 March, showed objects up to 23m in length, Hishammuddin Hussein said.

Some of the objects captured by France-based Airbus appeared bright and were possibly of solid material.

Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared on 8 March with 239 people on board.

The objects were located in a 400 sq km area around 2,557km from Perth in Western Australia, Hussein said.

The information was handed to the Australian Rescue and Co-ordination Centre in Perth on 25 March, he added.

The area being searched in the southern Indian Ocean has now been split into an east and west section, he said.

‘This is another new lead that will help direct the search operation,’ Hussein said.

The latest images are the fourth known collection of satellite images showing possible debris in the southern Indian Ocean. No pieces have been found yet.

BDST: 1735 HRS, MAR 26, 2014