The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A policewoman watches a couple whose son was on board the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 cry outside the airline's office building in Beijing after officials refused to meet with them on June 11, 2014. The search for the missing plane has been ongoing since early 2014.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Members of the media scramble to speak with Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of Malaysia's Civil Aviation Department, at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 27. Data from communications between satellites and missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was released the day before, more than two months after relatives of passengers say they requested that it be made public.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Operators aboard the Australian ship Ocean Shield move Bluefin-21, the U.S. Navy's autonomous underwater vehicle, into position to search for the jet on April 14.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force looks out of a window while searching for debris off the coast of western Australia on April 13.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  The Echo moves through the waters of the southern Indian Ocean on April 12.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion, on a mission to drop sonar buoys to assist in the search, flies past the Australian vessel Ocean Shield on April 9.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A relative of a missing passenger cries at a vigil in Beijing on April 8.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Australian Defense Force divers scan the water for debris April 7, in the southern Indian Ocean.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A towed pinger locator is readied to be deployed April 7 off the deck of the Australian vessel Ocean Shield.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force looks at a flare in the Indian Ocean during search operations on April 4.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A member of the Japanese coast guard points to a flight position data screen while searching for debris from the missing jet on April 1.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A woman prepares for an event in honor of those aboard Flight 370 on March 30, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A Royal New Zealand Air Force member launches a GPS marker buoy over the southern Indian Ocean on March 29.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  The sole representative for the families of Flight 370 passengers leaves a conference at a Beijing hotel on March 28, after other relatives left en masse to protest the Malaysian government's response to their questions.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A member of the Royal Australian Air Force is silhouetted against the southern Indian Ocean during the search for the missing jet on March 27.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Flight Lt. Jayson Nichols looks at a map aboard a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft during a search on March 27.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  People in Kuala Lumpur light candles during a ceremony held for the missing flight's passengers on March 27.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, delivers a statement about the flight on March 24 in Kuala Lumpur. Razak's announcement came after the airline sent a text message to relatives saying it "deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH 370 has been lost and that none of those onboard survived."  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Grieving relatives of missing passengers leave a hotel in Beijing on March 24.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Ground crew members wave to a Japanese Maritime Defense Force patrol plane as it leaves the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Subang, Malaysia, on March 23. The plane was heading to Australia to join a search-and-rescue operation.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A passenger views a weather map in the departures terminal of Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 22.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A Chinese satellite captured this image, released on March 22, of a floating object in the Indian Ocean, according to China's State Administration of Science. It is a possible lead in the search for the missing plane. Surveillance planes are looking for two objects spotted by satellite imagery in remote, treacherous waters more than 1,400 miles from the west coast of Australia.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Satellite imagery provided by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on March 20, shows debris in the southern Indian Ocean that could be from Flight 370. The announcement by Australian officials that they had spotted something raised hopes of a breakthrough in the frustrating search.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Another satellite shot provided by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority shows possible debris from the flight.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A distraught relative of a missing passenger breaks down while talking to reporters at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 19.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A relative of a missing passenger tells reporters on March 18 in Beijing about a hunger strike to protest authorities' handling of information about the missing jet.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  U.S. Navy crew members assist in search-and-rescue operations March 16, in the Indian Ocean.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Members of the Chinese navy continue search operations on March 13. The search area for Flight 370 has grown wider. After starting in the sea between Malaysia and Vietnam, the plane's last confirmed location, efforts are expanding west into the Indian Ocean.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A Vietnamese military official looks out an aircraft window during search operations March 13.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Malaysian air force members look for debris on March 13 near Kuala Lumpur.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Relatives of missing passengers wait for the latest news at a hotel in Beijing on March 12.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Indonesian air force officers in Medan, Indonesia, examine a map of the Strait of Malacca on March 12.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A member of the Vietnamese air force checks a map while searching for the missing plane on March 11.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Vietnam air force Col. Le Huu Hanh is reflected on the navigation control panel of a plane that is part of the search operation over the South China Sea on March 10.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A Vietnamese air force plane found traces of oil that authorities had suspected to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, the Vietnamese government online newspaper reported March 8. However, a sample from the slick showed it was bunker oil, typically used to power large cargo ships, Malaysia's state news agency, Bernama, reported on March 10.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter lands aboard the USS Pinckney to change crews before returning to search for the missing plane March 9, in the Gulf of Thailand.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A handout picture provided by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency shows personnel checking a radar screen during search-and-rescue operations March 9.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Italian tourist Luigi Maraldi, who reported his passport stolen in August, shows his current passport during a news conference at a police station in Phuket island, Thailand, on March 9. Iranians Pouri Nourmohammadi and Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza were identified by Interpol as the two men who used stolen passports to board the flight. But there's no evidence to suggest either was connected to any terrorist organizations, according to Malaysian investigators. Malaysian police believe Nourmohammadi was trying to emigrate to Germany using the stolen Austrian passport.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Vietnamese air force crew stand in front of a plane at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 9 before heading out to the area between Vietnam and Malaysia where the airliner vanished.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Buddhist monks at Kuala Lumpur International Airport offer a special prayer for the missing passengers on March 9.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  The Chinese navy warship Jinggangshan prepares to leave Zhanjiang Port early on March 9 to assist in search-and-rescue operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. The Jinggangshan, an amphibious landing ship, is loaded with lifesaving equipment, underwater detection devices and supplies of oil, water and food.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Members of a Chinese emergency response team board a rescue vessel at the port of Sanya in China's Hainan province on March 9. The vessel is carrying 12 divers and will rendezvous with another rescue vessel on its way to the area where contact was lost with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  The rescue vessel sets out from Sanya in the South China Sea on March 9.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, arrives to meet family members of missing passengers at the reception center at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 8.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  A relative of two missing passengers reacts at their home in Kuala Lumpur on March 8.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Chinese police at the Beijing airport stand beside the arrival board showing delayed Flight 370 in red on March 8.  The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 48 photos  Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Ahmad Juahari Yahya, front, speaks during a news conference on March 8 at a hotel in Sepang. "We deeply regret that we have lost all contacts" with the jet, he said.
Search teams looking for missing MH370 have come across some wreckage -- just considerably older than the airliner which disappeared in March 2014.