Malaysia Airlines MH370: China 'will not give up' on plane
China's Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to continue search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 'as long as there is a glimmer of hope'.
His comments came as Vietnam and Malaysia investigated satellite images released by China that appeared to show possible debris in the South China Sea.
However, previous sightings of possible debris have proved fruitless.
Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing late on Friday, with 239 passengers and crew on board.
Teams have since been searching waters on both sides of the Malaysian peninsula for any sign of the plane.
Speaking at a press conference that came as China's annual parliament session ended, Mr Li said: 'We will not give up on any suspected clue that has been found.
'This is an international and large-scale search operation involving many countries.'
He also urged Malaysia to step up search efforts, saying: 'The Chinese government has asked relevant parties to enhance co-ordination, investigate the cause, locate the missing plane as quickly as possible and properly handle all related matters.'
Earlier, China's foreign ministry complained that there was 'too much confusion' regarding information released about the plane's flight path.
The plane vanished late on Friday, about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur.
No distress signal or message was sent from the flight, which was carrying 153 Chinese nationals among its passengers.
Late on Wednesday, satellite images of possible debris from the flight were released on a Chinese government website.
The images were taken on Sunday, a day after the plane disappeared, but were only released on Wednesday.
An officer at the department that took the photos, China's Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application, told the BBC that it had taken them time to analyse the data.
China's civil aviation chief Li Jiaxiang said: 'Chinese satellites have found smoke and floating objects... At present we cannot confirm this is related to the missing aircraft.'
Vietnam and Malaysia have sent planes to the area to investigate.
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