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By Jane Wardell and Matt Siegel SYDNEY/PERTH (Reuters) - An Australian navy ship was close to finding possible debris from a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner on Monday as a mounting number of sightings of floating objects raised hopes wreckage of the plane may soon be found. The HMAS Success should reach two objects spotted by Australian military aircraft by Tuesday morning at the latest, Malaysia's government said, offering the first chance of picking up suspected debris from the plane. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was due to give a press conference on latest developments at 1400 GMT, a government official told Reuters, suggesting a possible breakthrough. So far, ships in the international search effort have been unable to locate several "suspicious" objects spotted by satellites in grainy images or by fast-flying aircraft over a vast search area in the remote southern Indian Ocean.More...