Pilot spots large object off Reunion, aviation authorities say
Source: CNN
(CNN)Nearly two months after debris from the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 washed up on Reunion Island, a large object reportedly floating off the island has piqued the interest of French officials there.
An Air France pilot reported seeing "a white object" floating in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday morning about 70 kilometers (43 miles) northwest of the French island, said Siva Vadivelou, assistant director of the French Civil Aviation Authority on Reunion.
The Air France flight was at an altitude of 3,000 meters, or about 9,800 feet, the office of the island's prefect said. Because of the altitude, "it must be a voluminous object for the pilot to see it," Vadivelou said.
Authorities diverted a merchant ship to the area, but nothing was immediately found, according to the prefect's office. Reunion authorities have asked the French military to search the area Tuesday afternoon, the prefect's office said.
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