Hanoi - A floating object previously reported as resembling an overturned liferaft was not part of the Malaysia Airlines plane missing over the South China Sea, Vietnamese authorities said Monday.
A Vietnamese navy vessel reached the object around 4 pm (0700 GMT),and found it was algae-covered debris that had been in the water along time and not related to the aircraft, Lieutenant General Vo VanTuan, deputy chief of the general staff of the Veitnam People’s Army,told dpa.