Australia is investigating two objects seen on satellite images that could potentially be linked to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, officials say.
A Norwegian ship joined planes from Australia, New Zealand and the US in searching the area 2,500km (1,550 miles) from Perth.
As night fell, the air search ended for the day, with teams saying bad weather conditions had hampered their efforts.
Flight MH370 was carrying 239 people when it disappeared on 8 March.
It was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it lost contact with air traffic controllers and disappeared from radar.
At a news conference on Thursday, Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein described the possible sighting of debris on satellite images as a "credible lead".
The largest object appeared to be 24m in size, authorities said, but warned they could be unrelated to the plane.
A number of sightings of possible debris have been investigated since the plane went missing but so far none have proved to be linked.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the latest discovery based on satellite images taken on 16 March.
"The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) has received information based on satellite information of objects possibly related to the search," Mr Abbott told parliament.
"Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified."
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