PUTRAJAYA, March 20 — Even as international teams scramble to verify objects possibly related to flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean, Selamat Omar, the father of one passenger on board the missing aircraft, is still holding fast to the belief that his son is alive.

Speaking calmly to the mob of journalists who have been camping out at the lobby of the Everly Hotel since the plane’s disappearance on March 8, the father of aircraft engineer Mohd Khairul Amri said it is now a matter of waiting for verification.

“If it is true (the objects are part of the plane), then we accept fate... we need to accept whatever possibility,” he said in Malay when asked to comment on the latest discovery by Australian authorities today.

Earlier today, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Parliament that two objects possibly related to the Malaysia Airlines-owned Boeing 777-200 were detected based on “new and credible information” gleaned from satellite imagery.

Air assets from Australia, New Zealand and the US have since been despatched to the location where the two objects were detected, and CNN reported that Malaysia has also sent several ships to aid the search.

Selamat, 60, said today that he will not pressure MAS or the Malaysian authorities for verification as he understands that it will depend on the findings of the Australian-led search in the southern corridor.

Though he repeated that he will leave it to fate, the retiree said he believes the plane and the 239 passengers on board are safe and well.

“I am confident the plane is in good condition, as are the people on board,” he said, adding that he expects to learn more about the finding later tonight at a briefing for families of the passengers and crew by Malaysian authorities at the Cyberview Lodge and Spa.

Malaysian authorities have been investigating Mohd Khairul, 29, and the pilots of the missing plane after it was established that the Beijing-bound flight was deliberately steered off course by someone with aviation expertise.

Selamat had earlier said that his son, a father of one daughter, had more than 10 years’ experience as an aircraft engineer.

Also under scrutiny are pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah, whose homemade flight simulator has been taken by Malaysian police and currently being probed by the FBI, and co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, who was identified as the person who said “all right, good night” in the plane’s last communication before disappearing from the radar on March 8.