Two pieces of debris found in Mozambique ‘almost certainly’ came from still missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the transport ministers of Australia and Malaysia both said.
The plane parts, 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 Airlines.
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 had found in Mozambique last December.
Both pieces were flown to Australia for analysis and this week it was confirmed that they were more than likely from MH370, which disappeared two years 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 jet.
A fourth piece of debris, which 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.
