MH370: Debris found in ocean 'almost certainly' from missing plane

Debris: The metal is believed to belong to MH370
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Michael Howie12 May 2016

Two more pieces of debris found in the Indian Ocean were “almost certainly” from Flight 370, which disappeared more than two years ago with 239 people on board, the Malaysian government said today.

The latest items were discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island, off Mauritius.

The announcement means a total of five pieces of debris from the Malaysia Airlines jet have been discovered in various spots around the Indian Ocean since it vanished on March 8 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Malaysian transport minister Liow Tiong Lai said the two new pieces were an engine cowling piece with a partial Rolls-Royce logo and an interior panel from an aircraft cabin, the first interior part found.

Recovered: The debris was found on beaches in South Africa and Mauritus
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In March, investigators confirmed two pieces of debris found along Mozambique’s coast were almost certainly from the aircraft.

Last year, a wing part from the plane washed ashore on France’s Reunion Island.

All the debris is being examined in Australia by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and other experts.

To confirm that the debris has come from Flight 370, they use manufacturing marks and samples of marine ecology.

Flight 370 is believed to have crashed somewhere in a remote stretch of the southern Indian Ocean about 1,100 miles off Australia’s west coast.

Three ships are searching a 12,000 square mile area of the ocean but have found nothing.

The search for the missing plane will end by the middle of the year unless credible new evidence is found.

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