Missing MH370: Pallet and belts sighted, say Australian officials

A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion leaving the RAAF Pearce Air Base in Perth, Australia, 23 March 2014. - EPA

PERTH: Australian officials said Sunday that a wooden cargo pallet along with belts or straps have been spotted in the remote Indian Ocean by one of the aircraft deployed in the hunt for a missing Malaysian jet. 

The objects were seen by a civilian aircraft assisting in the search for Malaysia Airlines MH370 on Saturday in what the Australian Maritime Safety Authority confirmed was the "first visual sighting in the search so far".