20/03/2014

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:00:07. > :00:12.Good evening, I'm Leah, with your last update on Thursday.

:00:13. > :00:15.First to a story that has made headlines all over the world: a

:00:16. > :00:18.Malaysia Airlines plane that has been missing for almost two weeks.

:00:19. > :00:21.Search teams have been looking for the aircraft after it lost contact.

:00:22. > :00:24.Since then, there has been no trace of the plane, leaving investigators

:00:25. > :00:28.really confused, because it is so rare for something like this to

:00:29. > :00:31.happen. But now experts are checking out pictures of what they think

:00:32. > :00:34.could be wreckage in the sea near Australia. These satellite images

:00:35. > :00:39.show what investigators think could be parts of the missing plane. The

:00:40. > :00:44.grainy images were taken several days ago over the southern Indian

:00:45. > :00:48.Ocean. It is thought this could be the first major breakthrough in the

:00:49. > :00:51.search for the plane so far. There has been a huge search for the

:00:52. > :00:55.Malaysia Airlines plane, and 26 countries are now involved in the

:00:56. > :01:00.search, including the UK. Here's what we know so far. Flight MH370

:01:01. > :01:05.took off from Kuala Lumpur on the 8th of March and not long afterwards

:01:06. > :01:08.it stopped all communication. When the plane didn't arrive in Beijing,

:01:09. > :01:13.teams from nearby countries started to search areas around Malaysia. But

:01:14. > :01:18.then, as the days went on, the search got a lot bigger, but still

:01:19. > :01:21.nothing came up. Some people criticised the way the Malaysian

:01:22. > :01:25.authorities were handling the investigation. But now Australian

:01:26. > :01:31.officials think they have found something, about 1,500 miles off the

:01:32. > :01:36.coast of western Australia. There are two objects in the pictures.

:01:37. > :01:40.It's far from clear what they are. One is 24 metres across. The other

:01:41. > :01:45.one is smaller than that. They haven't been able to pick up any

:01:46. > :01:51.markings on it. But they are saying it could be part of the plane.

:01:52. > :01:54.That's why they've deployed a number of surveillance planes in the area,

:01:55. > :01:59.and also some of their ships, as well. We're still waiting to find

:02:00. > :02:03.out for sure if this is a part of the missing plane. It's still not

:02:04. > :02:07.clear what happened and why contact was lost. But losing touch with an

:02:08. > :02:13.airline happens so rarely, and that's the reason the world has been

:02:14. > :02:16.gripped by this mystery. And if you're worried or upset about

:02:17. > :02:19.anything you see on the news, there's info and advice for you on

:02:20. > :02:23.the Newsround website. Head to the home page and click on the link.

:02:24. > :02:27.OK, next to a story about a climbing duo, a safety rope and one of the

:02:28. > :02:31.world's biggest caves: American and German climbers Chris and Stefan set

:02:32. > :02:35.out on a mission to climb up this huge cave in Oman in the Middle

:02:36. > :02:37.East. With only a safety rope as their security, it was a risky

:02:38. > :02:41.challenge that had never been attempted before. The pair had some

:02:42. > :02:45.scary moments but managed to reach the top successfully after two

:02:46. > :02:49.weeks. That's all from me, but, Little Mix

:02:50. > :02:54.fans, catch a special Sport Relief Newsround in the morning. The girls

:02:55. > :02:57.head to Africa to see how some of the money is spent helping some of

:02:58. > :02:59.the world's poorest children.