REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SYDNEY -- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday that an Australian air force Orion has been diverted to locate the objects related to the search for MH370 and is expected to arrive in the area shortly.

Abbott has spoken to the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak of the new developments, while warning against drawing any conclusion on the search.

"We must keep in mind the task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult and it may turn out that they are not related to the search for flight MH370," Abbott said, the Australian Associated Press reported.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Thursday that objects possibly related to the search for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 had been found in the southern Indian Ocean.