It has been nearly two years since flight MH370 went missing and just yesterday, it has been reported that there is an on-going investigation and examination of an object found off Mozambique, which could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
According to reports from NBC News, the object was found on a sandbank in the Mozambique Channel, a body of water between Mozambique in eastern Africa and Madagascar. Photographic analysis from sources suggested that it could have originated from the jetliner.
US officials have also tentatively identified the object as a part from the same type of aircraft as flight MH370. The debris discovered comes from a specific section of a Boeing 777, and MH70 is the only known missing 777 aircraft.
Seen on the object is the word “NO STEP” on it and sources say it could be from the plane’s horizontal stabiliser — the wing-like parts attached to the tail.
Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Center claimed that it was aware of the discovery and are arranging for a thorough examination. Malaysia Airlines said it was “too speculative at this point” to comment, and Malaysian Transport Minister, Liow Tiong Lai, updated on Twitter that there is a “high possibility debris found in Mozambique belongs to” a Boeing 777, but he said that was “yet to be confirmed and verified.”
Based on early reports, high possibility debris found in Mozambique belongs to a B777. (1/3)
— Liow Tiong Lai (@liowtionglai) March 2, 2016
It is yet to be confirmed & verified. @dca_malaysia working w Australian counterparts to retrieve the debris. (2/3)
— Liow Tiong Lai (@liowtionglai) March 2, 2016
I urged everyone to avoid undue speculation as we are not able to conclude that the debris belongs to #mh370 at this time. (3/3)
— Liow Tiong Lai (@liowtionglai) March 2, 2016
Media reports said the debris was found by American lawyer and tourist, Blaine Alan Gibson, who has been conducting his own investigation into the missing plane, but he has yet respond to inquiries.
[UPDATED] 20 April 2016 – 1.45pm
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) just released a Technical Examination Report which said that the debris found in Mozambique originated from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The stencilling of key words and numbers completely matched the font used by Malaysia Airlines, and was not the same one used by the Boeing factory.
With this in mind, both the pieces, one from the horizontal stabiliser and the other from the wing, have been proven to be from the Boeing 777 which disappeared on 8 March 2014 with 239 people on board.
Check out the photos below for yourselves:
