Bad weather forecast as new images spur MH370 search

A ground crew directs a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion upon its return to RAAF base Pearce from searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean, in Bullsbrook on March 26, 2014

Perth (Australia) (AFP) - Thunderstorms and gale-force winds threatened to impede a frantic international search Thursday for wreckage from Flight MH370 after satellite images of more than 100 floating objects sparked fresh hopes of a breakthrough.

Malaysia said the imagery taken in recent days by a French satellite showed "122 potential objects" in the remote southern Indian Ocean, although nothing has yet been pulled from the treacherous seas despite a multinational recovery operation.