Charred debris believed to be from MH370
Investigators are looking into the possibility newly found charred debris could belong to missing flight MH370 and could mean an onboard fire caused the crash.
Australia’s Transport Safety Bureau has been handed what could be an internal panel among several pieces of blackened debris washed up in Madagascar.
The material was handed over by American amateur investigator Blaine Gibson.
He told Australia’s Channel 7: "The top layer of paint has been singed, scorched black.
"It also shows some signs of melting… as you see when something is exposed to fire.
"It appears to be from the interior of the plane but not the main cabin, perhaps the cargo hold, perhaps the avionics bay."
Since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 2014 with 239 people on board, its whereabouts and reason for disappearance has remained a mystery.
Mr Gibson, a lawyer from Seattle, said the findings could prove to be a ‘real game changer’ if they were found to belong to MH370, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
One theory is that there was a fire onboard, although there has so far been no evidence to support this.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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