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Suspected MH370 Debris to be Tested - from DW (Deutsche Welle)/ dw.com

" A meter-long piece of white metal found off the coast of Mozambique in southeast Africa earlier this week by a US man - identified by media reports as 58-year-old Seattle lawyer Blaine Alan Gibson - will be sent to Australia for further testing, that country's officials said Thursday.

"It will be examined by officials from Australia and Malaysia, as well as international specialists," Australian Transport Minister Darren Chester said in a statement..."

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Adventurer Who Found Plane Part Drawn to Mysteries - by Phuong Le, Associated Press/ AP/ apnewsarchive.com

SEATTLE (AP) — That an American adventurer could be the one to help crack one of aviation's greatest mysteries came as no shock to his friends, who say they aren't surprised Blaine Gibson's passion for mysteries, travel and meeting people would bring him to the Mozambique coast in search of clues about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

The lawyer from Seattle may have discovered what could be a piece of tail section from Flight MH370 that disappeared March 8, 2014 with 239 people aboard. The airliner is believed to have crashed somewhere in a remote stretch of the southern Indian Ocean.

According to New York Magazine, Gibson has also spent much of the past year searching for traces of the missing airliner. Gibson has traveled to the Maldives Islands to investigate reports of a plane flying low at the time of the disappearance, Reunion Island to interview a man who found another section of the plane and met with former Australian Transport Minister Warren Truss to discuss Australia's seabed search for the plane.

"I'm not surprised that he pursued this mysterious disappearance of the plane," said Vladimir Gololobov, who described his friend as eccentric, bright and kind. He met Gibson nearly two decades ago while the American was in Siberia on business trips.

"He is interested in things that are very mysterious and makes you wonder what happened," Gololobov said..."

Blaine Gibson poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in Maputo Mozambique Thursday March 3, 2016. Gibson who discovered an aircraft part in Mozambique that may be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 says he initially thought it was part of a much smaller plane. Gibson, who has been searching the region's beaches for the debris, said Thursday March 3, 2016 in an interview with that a boat operator who took him to a sandbank named Paluma called him over after seeing a piece of debris with “NO STEP” (AP Photo/Tom Bowker)


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A One-Man Quest for Answers in Malaysian Jet's Disappearance - by Austin Ramzy/ Asia Pacific/ International New York Times/ The New York Times/ nytimes.com

"HONG KONG — The search for the Malaysia Airlines jet that vanished almost two years ago has involved ships scanning thousands of square miles of the Indian Ocean seabed. But what could be the most promising development in months was the result of a lone man’s search, one that took him to an uninhabited sandbank along the coast of Mozambique.

Blaine Alan Gibson’s discovery of a triangular piece of fiberglass composite and aluminum, if it is confirmed to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, could add to the scant concrete evidence of what happened to the Boeing 777. The plane, with 239 people aboard, disappeared on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, to Beijing.

Like much of the world, Mr. Gibson, a lawyer from Seattle, said he had become intrigued by the fate of the plane while watching the intensive news coverage after its disappearance. He attended events in Kuala Lumpur marking the first anniversary of the flight, and after meeting with families of missing passengers, he decided to pursue his own investigation..."

Blaine Alan Gibson with the debris he discovered on the coast of Mozambique. Investigators are examining whether it could be from the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared almost two years ago. Credit Blaine Alan Gibson


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Two Years On, Families Want Search for MH370 to Continue - from DW (Deutsche Welle)/ dw.com

"Families gathered at a memorial event in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday issued an impassioned plea for authorities not to give up looking for MH370 until they had found answers.

Poignant music played as the next-of-kin released white balloons for each of the missing passengers ahead of the second anniversary of the plane's disappearance on March 8, 2014.

"They can stop the search, but where do we stop the feeling of loss? We want them to try, if possible, to continue searching for MH370," said Jacquita Gonzales, who lost her husband, inflight supervisor Patrick Gomes.

"We will fight on to make sure that we get the truth of exactly what happened to all of them. We will not give up."..."

Relatives of passengers who were aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 have appealed to investigators to continue searching for the plane beyond a June deadline. The jet disappeared two years ago with 239 people on board.


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Families of Missing Flight 370 Press for Search to Continue - by Eileen Ng, Associated Press/ AP/ apnewsarchive.com

"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The families of those who were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 appealed to authorities Sunday to continue searching for the plane, saying that one of aviation's great mysteries must not be left unsolved.

An ongoing search in the southern Indian Ocean has found no trace of the Boeing 777, which vanished two years ago with 239 people on board, though a wing part washed ashore on Reunion Island in the western Indian Ocean last July. The search is expected to end in June.

At a commemorative event Sunday to mark the second anniversary of the jet's March 8, 2014, disappearance, family members released white balloons tagged with the names of everyone aboard the plane and the words: "MH370: Always remembered in our hearts."..."

Jacquita Gomes, wife of Patrick Gomes, the in-flight supervisor on the ill fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, prepares balloons with names of those on board during a remembrance event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, March 6, 2016. At the commemorative event Sunday to mark the second anniversary of the jet’s March 8, 2014, disappearance, the families of Flight 370 passengers released white balloons tagged with the names of everyone aboard the plane and the words: “MH370: Always remembered in our hearts.” (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)


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I wonder how many would want the search to continue this long if they had to foot the bill? After this long, I think it's time to accept that they are lost and deal with the loss.

 

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MH370: Head of Search Says 'Very Likely' Plane Will Be Found By July - by Elle Hunt in Sydney/ Malaysia Airlines/ Flight MH370/ World/ The Guardian/ the guardian.com

"The man in charge of the hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 believes it is “very likely” the plane will be found in the next four months, even as the multimillion dollar search effort enters what is likely to be its final stage.

In the two years since the plane disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board, its only confirmed trace has been a barnacle-encrusted flaperon wing that washed up on the French island of Réunion last July.

Two other pieces of flotsam, found on Réunion and Mozambique, are suspected to come from the plane, but are yet to be positively identified.

Yet Martin Dolan, the head of the Australian authority tasked with scouring an expanse of seafloor for the wreck of the aircraft, is confident it will be found this year..."

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MH370: Malaysia PM Pledges to Solve 'Agonizing Mystery' of Missing Jet - by Alastair Jamieson/ News/ Missing Jet/ NBC News/ nbcnews.com

"The fruitless search for Flight MH370 is an "agonizing mystery," Malaysia's prime minister said Tuesday as grieving families marked the second anniversary of the disappearance of the plane and its 239 passengers and crew.

"On this most difficult of days, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who will never be forgotten," Najib Razak said. "We know that neither the passage of time, nor this evidence, will comfort those whose grief cannot be assuaged."

He also pledged to continue the search for the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 but a separate update from the country's civil aviation authority was more blunt, stating that a final accident report would be completed "in the event wreckage … is located or the search … is terminated, whichever is the earlier." ..."

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South African Teen Finds Possible MH370 Plane Debris - by Tribune News Services/ News/ Nationworld/ Chicago Tribune/ chicagotribune.com

A South African teenager vacationing in Mozambique may have found part of a wing from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which his family dismissed as "rubbish" and his mother nearly threw away, he said Friday.

On Dec. 30, Liam Lotter was strolling on a beach in southern Mozambique, near the resort town of Xai Xai, when he spotted a gray piece of debris washed up on the sand, he recalled. It had rivet holes along the edge and the number 676EB stamped on it, convincing him he had found a piece of an aircraft. So he dragged the piece back to his family's vacation home.

"It was so waterlogged at that time, it was quite heavy. I struggled to pick it up," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. The curved piece of debris is about 3.3 feet long, and about half that length wide, his father Casper Lotter said.

His parents dismissed it as a "piece of rubbish" that was probably debris from a boat, with his uncle making fun of him for dragging it around, but the 18-year-old insisted on bringing it back to South Africa to research the fragment..."

A mural of flight MH370 in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Feb. 23, 2016. (Joshua Paul / AP)


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MH370: Malaysia Airlines Sued by Family of Victim Paul Weeks - From Australian Associated Press/ Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370/ World/ The Guardian/ theguardian.com

"Weeks’s family seeking compensation for ‘personal injury, loss and damage’ suffered after his death.

The family of Perth man Paul Weeks, who was on the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, is suing the company for damages.

Five writs were lodged on March 4 in the West Australian supreme court – four days before the second anniversary of the plane’s mysterious disappearance and just before the statute of limitations was reached..."

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Investigators to Examine Debris Finds - by Michelle Innis/ Australia/ International New York Times/ The New York Times/ nytimes.com

"SYDNEY, Australia — The Australian authorities coordinating the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said Wednesday that they had begun analyzing two pieces of debris suspected to be from the missing plane and that a third piece recently found in South Africa would also be examined.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the Malaysian government was working with officials in South Africa to arrange for examination of the debris found there this week, which was “suspected to be the cowling from an engine.” Malaysia’s transport minister, Liow Tiong Lai, said Tuesday on Twitter that analysis was needed to determine whether the part, which appeared to bear a partial logo from the engine maker Rolls-Royce, came from Flight 370.

Two other pieces of debris, both found in Mozambique in recent weeks, arrived in Australia on Sunday, and experts have begun analyzing them, the Australian officials said Wednesday in a weekly update on the search for the Boeing 777..."

A piece of debris found in South Africa appears to bear the logo of the engine maker Rolls-Royce. Credit Neels Kruger/Associated Press


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MH370 Debris Found in Mozambique 'Almost Certainly' from Missing Plane - by Elle Hunt and Agencies/ Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370/ The Guardian/ theguardian.com

"Australian government says analysis on two pieces of debris indicates they are ‘highly likely’ to have come from missing craft, fuelling confidence further remains will be found soon.

Debris found in Mozambique is “almost certainly” from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Australian government has confirmed, fuelling belief that the remains of the plane will be found in the coming months.
Possible piece of MH370 engine found on South African beach
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Darren Chester, the minister for infrastructure and transport, said in a statement on Thursday analysis has found that the two pieces of debris – separate discoveries in Mozambique in the past four months – is “highly likely to have come from MH370”..."

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More MH370 Debris Has Been Found, But the Plane's Disappearance Remains a Mystery - by Kurtis Lee/ World/ Asia/ Los Angeles Times/ latimes.com

"Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished in March 2014. For 17 months, no trace of it was found.

The location of the missing passenger jet officially remains a mystery. But the discovery of pieces of a Boeing 777 this week and last summer renewed searchers' hopes that they might learn what happened to the plane's 239 passengers and crew members. All are presumed dead.

On Thursday, Australian officials said debris discovered in Mozambique is "highly likely" to have come from missing MH370.

An analysis of the parts by an international investigation team showed both pieces are consistent with panels from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft, Transport Minister Darren Chester said in a statement.

That discovery followed the recovery last summer of a piece of debris along the coast of Madagascar. Authorities confirmed in August that the debris, a piece of wing, belonged to the missing airliner. The six-foot-long "flaperon" was covered with marine crustaceans when it washed ashore on Reunion Island, meaning it had been submerged for a long period of time.

The discovery of parts provides another piece of the puzzle of the plane's fate and bolsters authorities' assertion that the jet went down somewhere in the Indian Ocean. But whether they will find any clues to explain exactly what happened to the aircraft and why is uncertain. Here's a synopsis of one of the most mysterious disappearances in aviation history:..."

The shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion is cast on low-level clouds while the aircraft searches for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean on March 31, 2014. (Rob Griffith / Associated Press)


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Missing MH370: Mozambique Debris Matches Boeing 777 Parts, ATSB Says - by Alistair Jamieson/ Missing-Jet/ NBC News/ nbcnews.com


"Paint and stenciling on debris found in Mozambique matches Boeing 777 parts used by Malaysia Airlines, investigators searching for missing Flight MH370 said Wednesday.

Examination and analysis of two parts found on the east African coast was carried out in Australia by international experts, the Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) announced in an update.

"The dimensions, materials and construction of both parts conform to the specifications of a Boeing 777 aircraft," it said. "The paint and stenciling on both parts match those used by Malaysia Airlines; and as such, both parts are consistent with panels from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft, and are almost certainly from MH370." ..."

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Suspected MH370 Debris Found on Island Nation of Mauritius - by Don Melvin, CNN/ Asia/ cnn.com

" (CNN)A piece of debris thought to be from the Malaysian airliner that went missing more than two years ago over the Indian Ocean has been found in the island nation of Mauritius.

The debris suspected to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished in March 2014 with 239 people on board, was found Thursday on the coast of Rodrigues Island, an employee of the Mourouk Ebony Hotel, where the debris was stored for safekeeping, told CNN.

Jean Josie Milazare said two hotel guests, Jean Dominique and Suzy Vitry, from La Reunion, found a piece of debris on the beach. Milazare said police now have the debris.

Mauritius, a volcanic island nation in the Indian Ocean that is a bit over 10 times the size of Washington, D.C., is known for its beaches, lagoons and reefs. It lies about 700 miles east of Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean...."

Hotel guests found the debris on a beach, an employee of the Mourouk Ebony Hotel said.

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Missing MH370: Suspected Debris Found on Mauritian Island to be Examined - by Reuters/ Missing Jet/ NBC News/ nbcnews.com

" SYDNEY — Australia will examine a piece of suspected plane debris found east of Africa on a Mauritian island to determine whether it is a part of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

A hotel owner on the island who saw the debris said it looked like it was from the inside of a plane, with what he thought was a wallpaper "design", which if confirmed, would be the first piece of interior debris from the plane yet to be found.

Australia has led the search for the plane, which went missing in March 2014 with 239 people on board. Transport Minister Darren Chester said the debris, found last week, was an "item of interest."

"The Malaysian government is working with officials from Mauritius to seek to take custody of the debris and arrange for its examination," Chester said in a statement.

He did not say from what part of the missing Boeing 777 the debris was suspected to have come...."

A piece of suspected plane debris found on Rodrigues Island, east of Mauritius. Supplied / Mourouk Ebony Hotel


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Malaysia Airlines MH370 Searchers Lose 2nd Sonar Device in 3 Months - Alexander Smith/ Missing Jet/ NBC News/ nbcnews.com

"Trying to find a needle in a haystack while battling some of the roughest seas in the world, experts hunting for traces of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 are already facing a daunting task.

The search operation revealed details Wednesday of how it came to lose its second "towfish," an underwater sonar device dragged behind ships that scans the seabed for debris.

The yellow, torpedo-shaped unit was attached to an 1,800-pound weight to keep it floating from the surface when "the failure of a tow cable connector resulted in the loss of the … towfish and the attached depressor," the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said in statement.

With the towfish likely thousands of feet down on the seabed, a remote-controlled submersible was flown in from the United States and dispatched aboard a ship from Australia on Monday, the JACC said......"

The Remora III, the remotely-operated vehicle that will try to find and recover the lost towfish. Phoenix International


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MH370:Two New Aircraft Fragments 'Almost Certainly' From Missing Plane



Two aircraft fragments found on the beaches of South Africa and Mauritius are all but confirmed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which mysteriously disappeared two years ago with 239 people on board.

A piece of engine cowling featuring a Rolls-Royce stencil, which was found in South Africa earlier this year, is “almost certainly” from the Boeing 777 that went missing more than two years ago with 239 people on board, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said on Thursday.

The second piece found on 30 March in Mauritius – eight days after the engine cowling – is “almost certainly” a panel segment from MH370’s main cabin.

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Australia: Mozambique Debris Almost Certainly From MH370 - by Don Melvin, CNN/ Asia/ cnn.com

"(CNN)Two pieces of debris recovered from beaches in Mozambique -- one found in December and the other in February -- almost certainly came from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said Tuesday.

"Part No. 1 was a flap track fairing segment, almost certainly from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft, registered 9M-MRO," the Safety Bureau report said of the piece found December 27.

The second piece of debris was found February 27, approximately 135 miles (220 kilometers) from the spot where the first item was discovered.
"Part No. 2 was a horizontal stabilizer panel segment, almost certainly from the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft, registered 9M-MRO," the report said...."


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Australia: Mozambique Debris Almost Certainly From MH370 - by Don Melvin, CNN/ Asia/ cnn.com

"(CNN)Two pieces of debris recovered from beaches in Mozambique -- one found in December and the other in February -- almost certainly came from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said Tuesday.

"Part No. 1 was a flap track fairing segment, almost certainly from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft, registered 9M-MRO," the Safety Bureau report said of the piece found December 27.

The second piece of debris was found February 27, approximately 135 miles (220 kilometers) from the spot where the first item was discovered.
"Part No. 2 was a horizontal stabilizer panel segment, almost certainly from the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft, registered 9M-MRO," the report said...."



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Debris Found in Mozambique 'Highly Likely' to be from MH370
- by Euan McKirdy, CNN/ World/ cnn.com

Some additional information to the above piece


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MH370: Debris Found in March 'Almost Certainly' From Missing Plane - by Euan McKirdy, CNN/ World/ cnn.com

Some additional information to the two CNN articles in the above post.

Part no. 4 was identified as a Boeing 777 panel segment from the main cabin.


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ID'ing of New MH370 Debris is Meaningless - Here's the Evidence Malaysian Authorities Should Release- by Christine Negroni/ Forbes/ Logistics & Transportation/ forbes.com

"Maybe because it is the easy story, or maybe it is because Malaysian aviation officials are so good about confounding reporters, but the “news” this week that more debris has been identified as coming from Malaysia 370 is a big ho hum, and that’s frustrating for anyone who really cares about what happened two years ago to the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The world already knows that the airplane with the registration 9M-MRO flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, inexplicably went down far off course in the South Indian Ocean about 7 hours after takeoff..."

I don't remember reading about a power outage on the flight. Curious to learn more about that.

I wonder if investigators ever contacted Marine Biologist Molly Lutcavage or her former collaborator, John Killingsley regarding the barnacles. See Post 473 in this thread as to how the barnacles could help in the investigation to locate MH370. Very compelling.

Regarding Military Radar - see TR Oglodytes' post #60 and Follow Up Map in
Post #294 by SMHarmon. Also Post #278 for Final 54 minutes of Communications from MH370. See Post #345 for Graphic of Inmart's Global Coverage and how Satellites Tracked Down Flight MH370. Also Post #487 for Satellite Handshake with MH370.

For a mention of cell tower info see Post #365.

I don't agree with the title of the article that the debris located is meaningless. I do agree that additional information should be released regarding the investigation.


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Three More Pieces of Debris Possibly from MH370, Says Australia - from Agence France -Presse ((International News Agency)/ World/ The Guardian/ theguardian.com

"The new pieces have been found in Mauritius and in Mozambique and are in addition to five other fragments from the Boeing 777.

Three new pieces of debris have been found in Mauritius and in Mozambique that could be linked to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australia’s transport minister has said.

The fate of the passenger jet, which is presumed to have crashed at sea after disappearing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board in March 2014, remains a mystery.

Five other fragments have previously been found and identified as definitely or probably from the Boeing 777.

All of them were discovered thousands of kilometres from the current search zone far off Australia’s west coast..."

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Likely MH370 Piece Was Left on South African Beach Because of Smell - by Alexander Smith/ Missing Jet/ NBC News/ nbcnews.com

"A retired doctor discovered a likely piece of Malaysia Airlines MH370 on a beach — but left it in the sand because it smelled so bad, local media reported.

A photograph of the barnacle-encrusted piece found by Schalk Lückhoff in South Africa was released Tuesday by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is coordinating the search for the missing airliner.

The ATSB's release drew attention to an interview Lückhoff gave with Afrikaans-language broadcaster Netwerk24 last week, in which he explained why he had not collected the object or reported it to authorities.

He told Netwerk24: "It was the only object on the empty sands. It was smelly because it was encrusted in rotting mussels so I didn't handle it, I just took a photograph. It did not occur to me this could be a piece of a plane's insignia ... After the next high [tide] I didn't see it anymore and assumed it had been taken back into the sea."

Lückhoff took the photo in South Afirca's Mossel Bay on December 23, according to the ATSB. Barnacles and sand could be seen partially covering a distinctive Rolls-Royce "RR" stencil, likely from one of MH370's two engines..."

An aircraft engine cowling stencilled with the Rolls-Royce logo that is believed to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Schalk Lückhoff / via Australian Transport Safety Bureau


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MH370: BBC Reader Finds Possible Debris in Mozambique - From BBC News/ World/ Asia/ bbc.com

"Experts following the disappearance of MH370 say it is likely that a new piece of debris found on a Mozambique beach came from the missing plane.

Luca Kuhn von Burgsdorff contacted the BBC on Thursday to say he found the fragment on the Macaneta peninsula.

The authorities have been notified. The piece must be examined by the official investigation team in Australia.

Experts say it is consistent with where previous pieces of debris from the missing plane have been found.

Mr von Burgsdorff took two photographs of the item on 22 May, and sent them to the BBC after reading a story on Thursday about other debris finds in the region.

He said the pieces were "reasonably light, did not have metal on the outside, and looked extremely similar to photos posted on the internet of other pieces of debris from aeroplanes"...."

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