Two pieces of wreckage possibly of the Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 found Thursday March 20,2014

Two pieces of wreckage that are possibly from the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 - one estimated to be 78ft in size - have been found to the west of Australia, it was announced today. 

The debris had been spotted on satellite imagery and a total of four aircraft have been sent to investigate the sighting, some 1553 miles off the coast of Perth.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the potential breakthrough to Parliament in Canberra Thursday March 20,2014, but warned the wreckage may not be from the missing flight.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said -

•  visibility was poor in the area making the search more difficult and estimated the water in the area to be several thousand feet deep.

•  it was too early to tell whether the objects spotted on satellite were related to MH370.

• 'The images captured by satellite may not be related to the aircraft,' Mr Young told a press conference on Thursday.

• 'The objects are relatively indistinct. They may not be related to the search.

• 'The indication to me is that the objects are of a reasonable size and probably awash with water.'

Malaysia confirmed Australian  Prime Minister Tony Abbott called Prime Minister Najib Razak to inform him of the developments at around 10a.m local time Thursday March 20,2014

Malaysia's Acting Transportation Secretary Hishammuddin Hussein said in a statement: 'At this stage, Australian officials have yet to establish whether these objects are indeed related to the search for MH370.'

Military planes from Australia, the U.S. and New Zealand are now covering a search region over the southern Indian Ocean stretching 117,000 sq miles down from 232,000 sq miles

Thai military yesterday said they picked up an unidentified aircraft on radar bearing off the flight path, heading left over Malaysia and towards the Strait of Malacca