KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 -- Malaysia said it received on Monday morning a set of French satellite images "captured by cameras" Sunday that might be related to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

The images have been relayed to Australia's Rescue Coordination Centre as it is leading the search in the particular area, Malaysia's acting transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, told a press conference.

He also said that French satellites captured some potential objects on Friday in the vicinity of the southern corridor in the Indian Ocean. Malaysian authorities received relevant images on Saturday and transferred them to Australia on Sunday, he added.

Satellite data, he said, are one of the four tools Malaysian authorities use to narrow the search area, along with surveillance radar data, increasing surface and air assets and technical experts.