Suspected MH370 debris found on Mozambican coast

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Thursday 03 Mar 2016 - 12:52 Makkah mean time-23-5-1437 Suspected piece of MH370 debris found on Mozambican coast (AFP Photo) Canberra (IINA) – Suspected piece of MH370 debris found on the coast of Mozambique will be transferred to Australia for examination, Xinhua reported quoting Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester as saying on Thursday. Chester confirmed in a statement that the debris is a piece of metal of about one metre in length, which was found on a Mozambican beach. “The debris is to be transferred to Australia where it will be examined by officials from Australia and Malaysia, as well as international specialists,” the statement said. Chester said the location where the debris was found is consistent with drift modelling commissioned by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and reaffirms the search area of the missing Malaysian airline plane in the southern Indian Ocean. Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said late Wednesday that initial information indicated a "high possibility" it came from a Boeing 777. That is the same model of aircraft as the ill-fated MH370, which mysteriously vanished on 8 March 2014 on a routine overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew.  The Star Online reported that the piece was found three days ago by local fishermen accompanying an American tourist along the coast of Vilanculos, Inhambane province in Mozambique. It was delivered to the Mozambican National Civil Aviation Institute on Wednesday. AB/IINA