Analysis of MH370 debris is under way
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INVESTIGATORS probing the fate of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have begun analysis on debris found in Mozambique, Australian authorities said yesterday.
So far only a wing part from the Boeing 777 recovered from a beach on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has been found.
MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014 during a Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight with 239 passengers and crew on board.
The two items from Mozambique have been X-rayed and cleaned to remove macrofauna, Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said in a statement.
Specialists were “conducting an examination which will include seeking to identify specific features that may be consistent with the items coming from an aircraft, and if possible, from MH370,” JACC added. “A statement on the findings will be made once the examination process is complete.”
JACC added that Malaysia was working with South African officials to arrange for the examination of another piece of debris “suspected to be the cowling from an engine.”
South African authorities said the fragment was picked up near Mossel Bay, a small town in Western Cape province.
Mossel Bay is more than 2,000 kilometers from Vilankulo, the Mozambican resort where one of the pieces being examined in Australia was found.
Australia is leading the search for the jet in the southern Indian Ocean, where the aircraft was believed to have crashed after diverting from its route.
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