New satellite images from French authorities have shown ‘potential objects’ in the vicinity of the southern corridor.

The Ministry of Transport, in a statement on Sunday, said that Malaysia received the images on Sunday morning.

The images was "immediately relayed" to the Australian rescue co-ordination centre.

Aside from France, Australia and China had previously released satellite images that "show potential objects" that may be related to MH370, in the vicinity of the southern corridor.

For the past six days, the Search and Rescue (SAR) operations were focused on the southern Indian Ocean after the announcement by Australia that suspected debris detected in the area.

The area is located more than 2,000km southwest of Perth, where another image was also detected by Chinese satellites on Saturday.

On Sunday, a number of aircrafts scheduled to join the mission at the southern corridor were cancelled due to bad weather caused by tropical cyclone Gillian.

Other updates on the operations include: