Debris found in South Africa, Mauritius 'almost certainly' from MH370: Malaysia

May 12, 2016 08:38

Two more pieces of debris discovered in South Africa and the Mauritian island of Rodrigues are almost certainly from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 jetliner, Malaysia's transport ministry said on Thursday.

Based on a report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that the two pieces of debris are 'almost certainly' from MH370 that disappeared 2 years ago.

Earlier in March too, Australia and Malaysia had announced that two pieces of debris found in Mozambique are 'almost certainly' from MH370.

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