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Debris found in Indian Ocean ‘almost certainly’ from missing MH370
Two plane parts found in Mozambique ‘almost certainly’ came from missing Malaysian Airlines flights MH370, say the transport ministers of Australia and Malaysia.
The two pieces of debris, which were picked up separately by members of the public, both came from a Boeing 777 and each is painted with stencils similar to that used by Malaysian, they said.
One of the parts was found on a sandbank by an amateur US investigator last month, prompting a South African tourist to come forward with a piece he found in Mozambique last December.
Both pieces were flown to Australia for analysis and this week it was confirmed that they were most probably from MH370, which disappeared a year ago en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people onboard.
Authorities had previously confirmed that a third part, discovered on Reunion in July last year came from the missing 777.
A fourth piece of debris, found washed up on South Africa’s southern coast on Monday, has yet to be examined.
An Australia-led search for the aircraft is continuing to comb the seabed in the southern Indian Ocean, but unless any new evidence is found they are likely to conclude their investigation within the next few months.
Linsey McNeill
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