Wreckage has been uncovered in the search for missing flight MH370 but tests have revealed it's from a shipwreck, not the missing plane.
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Search crews have revealed scans last month found man-made wreckage at the bottom of the ocean however, it belongs to a sunken ship.
The Joint Agency Coordination Centre, which have repeatedly committed themselves to finding MH370 as quickly as possible, said the Fugro Equator's search vessel had detected a cluster of small sonar contacts in the southern part of the search area.
A high-resolution sonar scan was performed and revealed a large number of sonar contacts lying very close to the seafloor at a depth of 3900 metres.
Additional scans were undertaken using the underwater camera and analysis of the images revealed the man-made debris was that of a ship.
The wreck is previously uncharted and the imagery will be provided to expert marine archaeologists for possible identification.
The JACC was established on March 30, 2014 for an initial period of six months to support liaison with key stakeholders and help ensure strong and consistent communication of the Australian response to the MH370 incident.
The latest search plans for the missing plane have been modified to enable continuous search operations during winter to effectively cover the entire 120,000 square kilometre area is scanned as quickly and effectively as possible.
Over 75 percent of the seafloor in the initial search area has been searched so far.
The Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared on March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Despite extensive searches from a number of different countries including Australia, no sign of the plane has been seen since.
Investigators believe the plane crashed into the Indian Ocean.
The 2015/16 Federal Budget released on Tuesday did not commit more money to the search for MH370 with the $79.6 million allocated in the 2014/15 budget for two years still funding the search.
The government has not indicated what strategy it will take if the plane has not been found in a year's time when the funding is exhausted.