KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Fresh satellite images taken during the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet show 122 "potential objects" in one area of the Indian Ocean, Malaysia said Wednesday (March 26th), according to AFP.

The images from Airbus Defence and Space in France show the objects in a 400-square-km area, Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said. Hishammuddin said at a press conference it was not possible to say whether the objects came from Flight MH370.

"Nevertheless, this is another new lead that will help direct the search operation," he said.

Earlier satellite data from Australia, China and France had also shown floating objects possibly related to MH370, but nothing has so far been retrieved despite a huge multinational search.

Hishammuddin said the Airbus images were taken Sunday, received Tuesday and immediately forwarded to the Australian agency co-ordinating the search.