Teams searching for Malaysia plane discover shipwreck instead

Search crews hunting for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in remote waters off western Australia have discovered a shipwreck, officials said.

Teams searching for Malaysia plane discover shipwreck instead

Search crews hunting for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in remote waters off western Australia have discovered a shipwreck, officials said.

The unexpected find came when sonar equipment on a search vessel scouring the Indian Ocean for the missing airliner detected a cluster of objects nearly 2.5 miles below the surface, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).

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