The missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was carrying 4.566 tons of mangosteens and 200 pieces of lithium ion batteries weighing about 2.453 tons.
A private company said it had found what it believes is wreckage of a plane in the Bay of Bengal that should be investigated as potential debris from MH370.
Debris picked up on a beach in Western Australia this week is unlikely to have come from the Malaysian Airlines jet, Australia's transport bureau said.
A day after expressing optimism about the missing jet hunt, Australia's PM warns that the massive search would likely continue "for a long time."
The pilot of the missing Malaysian passenger jet MH370, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, was the last to speak to air controllers, the Cable News Network (CNN) reported Thursday.
Ships off Australia listening for underwater signals from the black box of MH370 have not been able to relocate signals that were detected last weekend.
The search leader hunting for missing Malaysian flight MH370 said that no submersible onboard the Australian vessel "Ocean Shield" would be deployed unless the ship detects more credible signal.
A concentrated air and sea search was underway in the Indian Ocean after an Australian ship detected faint pings deep underwater.
Malaysia vowed that it would not give up on trying to find the missing jetliner and announced details of a multinational investigation team to solve the aviation mystery.
Malaysia's prime minister arrived at the Australian air force base serving as a hub for the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
The Malaysian Government has released a full transcript of communications to and from missing flight MH370.
"Good night Malaysian three seven zero" were the last words spoken from the cockpit of the missing plane, the Malaysian transport ministry says.