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It's déjà vu all over again in the more-than-two-week search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370: Today, 

, Malaysian authorities announced that another satellite detected suspected debris near the spot they believe the 777 went missing.


This time it was a French satellite that spotted an object of interest in the southern Indian Ocean.


Australia, for its part, continued the search. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority 

 that a total of about 10 aircraft are scouring an area covering 59,000 square kilometers.


At one point yesterday, aircraft spotted "small objects of interest."

"A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion aircraft with specialist electro-optic observation equipment was diverted to the location, arriving after the first aircraft left but only reported sighting clumps of seaweed," the AMSA said.

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It's deja vu all over again in the more-than-two-week search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Today, like yesterday, Malaysian authorities announced that another satellite photographed suspected debris near the spot they believe the 777 went missing.

Satellite spots more potential debris, but still no sure sign of plane

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