BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese aircrew have spotted "suspicious objects" in the southern Indian Ocean in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

The crew of a Chinese IL-76 plane reported the coordinates - 95.1113 degrees east longitude and 42.5453 south altitude - to the Australian command center as well as Chinese icebreaker Xuelong, which is en route to the sea area, Xinhua reported.