Malaysia’s transport minister has said there is a “high possibility” that debris found in Mozambique came from a Boeing 777, the same model as missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
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A plane wreckage, likely to be from a Boeing 777, was found ashore on the coast of Mozambique.
The object, which was discovered by an American blogger, has the words “NO STEP” imprinted on it. It is believed to be the plane’s horizontal stabilizer, which are the parts that are attached to the tail.
The Australia-led oceanic search is expected to finish scouring a designated deep-sea area for a crash site by mid-year and will cease if nothing is found.
Malaysia has confirmed that there will be no official memorial service for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 this year however that a ceremony will be held in Parliament on 08 March Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said.
“It is yet to be confirmed & verified. @dca_malaysia working w Australian counterparts to retrieve the debris”.
NBC said the debris was found on a sandbank in the Mozambique Channel by an American man who has been tracking the investigation into the missing flight.
According to media reports, a team of experts comprising representatives from the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), MAS personnel as well as investigators will be heading to Mozambique.
A white, meter-long chunk of metal was found off the coast of Mozambique earlier this week by a USA adventurer who has been carrying out an independent search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The Australian transport minister said it was too early to speculate on the origin of the debris.
“We believe that they should not throw in the towel, close this case and simply chalk it up as an unsolvable mystery”, the group said. “We’re not going to draw conclusions from the photos”.
Radar data show the plane turned sharply around as it approached Vietnamese airspace, and then flew back across the Malay Peninsula until contact was lost off the coast of Thailand.
The report comes after authorities said previous year that they had found a piece of the plane’s wing on the shore of Reunion island in the Indian Ocean on the other side of Madagascar.
The flaperon bore a stenciled internal marking “657 BB”, which is consistent with a flaperon from a Boeing 777. But no trace of the passengers, their luggage or even things created to float, such as life jackets, has been discovered. “Malawi was number 176, Mozambique was number 177”, he said.
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Family members of those on board the plane have called on authorities to scour the coastline of Africa for more debris.
