Investigators might be closer to learning what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, as more than 100 objects of potential debris from the plane’s wreckage have been spotted in the southern Indian Ocean.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Update

In total, satellite pictures have picked up 122 individual objects in the isolated waters. The objects, varying in size from 3 ft. to 75 ft., are located in a 155-square-mile stretch of ocean, reported the Chicago Tribune.

"We have now had four separate satellite leads, from Australia, China and France, showing possible debris," Malaysian Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told a news conference. "It is now imperative that we link the debris to MH370."

If the debris does prove to be from Flight MH370, it will hopefully aid investigators in addressing the myriad questions that have remained unanswered. It’s still unknown why the plane took a sharp left turn, ignoring the flight path. It’s also unknown if the plane ran out of fuel before falling from the skies or if the pilots glided it towards the ocean. The latter variable is likely dependent on the intent of the pilots and/or whether they were conscious at the time the plane made its descent.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing on March 8 after departing from Kuala Lumpur and heading for Beijing with 239 people on board. Since then, no debris has been positively linked to the plane’s wreckage, though authorities have stated their firm belief that it went down somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean.

Plane's Final, Partial Ping

On Tuesday, in an attempt to bolster their conclusion, Malaysian authorities revealed that Flight MH370 emitted a final, partial ping in the remote part of the Indian Ocean in which multiple countries have been searching, reported The New York Times. Hishammuddin also cited the timeline of the pings, which indicates that the next one would have sounded at 9:15 a.m. – by the time the plane would have likely run out of fuel. The ping didn’t come, and thus they’ve concluded the plane crashed.

Despite the arguments of authorities, relatives of the passengers and crew remain skeptical about the fate of their loved ones, unwilling to accept their certain demise. Protests have been held outside the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing, in which the participants demanded the truth of what happened to Flight MH370.

It’s been 18 days since Flight MH370 disappeared.

– Chelsea Regan

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