Debris may be linked to MH370

A piece of debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius will be examined by investigators to see if it came from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, said Australian officials.

The discovery comes less than two weeks after officials confirmed two pieces of debris found along the coast of Mozambique were almost certainly from the aircraft that vanished on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

“The Malaysian government is working with officials from Mauritius to seek to take custody of the debris and arrange for its examination,” Australian transport minister Darren Chester said.

The two pieces of debris found in Mozambique were flown to Australia and examined by investigators.

Australia is leading the search for the missing Boeing 777 in a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean far off the country’s west coast, about 5,955km east of Mozambique and 4,023km east of Mauritius.

Authorities had predicted debris from the plane not on the ocean floor would eventually be carried by currents to the east coast of Africa.

Last year, a wing flap washed ashore on the island of Reunion, not far from Mauritius.