Suspected MH370 missing plane debris 'found washed up on the coast of Mozambique'

Three pieces of the missing aircraft have allegedly been found on the shore including a panel that appears to be in colours of Malaysian Airlines



Debris suspected to be part of the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 plane have been found washed up off the coast of Mozambique.

Three pieces of aircraft allegedly belonging to the missing flight have been handed to Civil Aviation Institute authorities for examination after they were found on the shore.

At a news conference yesterday, President of the Civil Aviation Institute, Captain Joao Martins de Abreu, said the pieces included a number on the inside of the panel that could help with identification of the flight.

There was also a coloured white and red panel, consistent with the colours used on Malaysian Airlines aircraft.

Australia, which is leading the search, has said that debris recovered in Mozambique was highly likely to be from the missing flight .

"I believe in the expertise of the international investigation team, they will identify very easily," de Abreu said.

The aircraft disappeared with 239 people on board en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014, creating one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history.

Investigators believe someone may have deliberately switched off the plane's transponder before diverting it thousands of miles off course, out over the Indian Ocean.

A search, led by Australia and one of the most expensive ever conducted, has focused on a 120,000-sq-km (46,330-sq-mile) band of sea floor in the remote southern Indian Ocean.

(culled from www.mirror.co.uk)