SEPANG, March 21 — Malaysia has yet to receive any updates that could confirm that the two objects in the south Indian Ocean belongs to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today.

All search vessels have been deployed to the location more than 2,000 nautical miles (3,704km) to the south of Perth, he added.

“I have been receiving reports since morning and we have nothing positive to corroborate,” said Hishammuddin, when approached for the latest word on the search for the jumbo jet and its 239 people after Australia indicated it may have the best lead.

“There is no conclusive evidence related to MH370. We have been very consistent in making sure that every lead is corroborated,” he said.

Searchers are scouring the location 2,500km off the Australian coast after Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott said satellite imagery detected two objects, with one measuring 24 metres and the other 8 metres long, yesterday.

The Boeing 777-200ER was headed for Beijing with 239 people on board when it dropped off the radar at 1.22am on March 8, off the east coast of Malaysia.

The search began in the South China Sea and then the Malacca Strait before being expanded to two separate corridors after analysis showed the plane was deliberately diverted west, off its programme route and flew for several hours over the Indian Ocean.

The latest efforts are concentrated in the southern corridor, with Australia taking the lead.

But a multination hunt across land on the northern route is still ongoing.