A Chinese air force plane involved in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane spotted a number of floating objects in the search area Saturday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said.
It was not clear whether these objects were near where Xinhua reported that a pulse signal sent by so-called black boxes was detected.
Xinhua said China's Haixun 01 patrol ship picked up the signal around 25 degrees south latitude and 101 degrees east longitude. "It is yet to be established whether it is related to the missing jet," it said.
"It's not the prime search area but it's not out of the question that this could possibly be from the black box," said David Gallo, a CNN analyst with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
The signal reported -- 37.5 kHz -- "is the standard beacon frequency" for the plane's cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, said Anish Patel, president of pinger manufacturer Dukane Seacom.
Experts have cautioned that no confirmation has been made that the signal was linked to the missing plane.
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