Update | Five crews spot objects in ocean after search for flight MH370 moves 1,100km north
'Credible lead' moves ocean hunt for jet much further north as more objects spotted in water
The search for flight MH370 shifted 1,100 kilometres north following a new "credible lead" yesterday, as five aircraft crews reported seeing objects in the water.
Australian authorities played down the radical redrawing of the search boundaries after a week-long hunt for the Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flight in the Indian Ocean, but some experts described the move as baffling.
Three weeks after the plane disappeared, Australian authorities co-ordinating the hunt said new information from Malaysia suggested the plane ran out of fuel earlier than thought.
Radar and satellite data showed the jet had flown faster and so burned fuel quicker, coming down 1,850 kilometres west of Perth, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said.
The previous site and the new one are as far apart as Hong Kong and Manila.