Third piece of plane wreckage confirmed as MH370 debris

October 09, 2016 00:48

A fragment of plane wing discovered in Mauritius in May has been confirmed as coming from missing plane Malaysia Airlines MH370, Australia's Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement on Friday.

It is the third piece of debris to be definitively linked to MH370, Australia's transport minister Darren Chester said Friday.

"It does not, however, provide information that can be used to determine a specific location of the aircraft," Chester said.

The plane wing fragment was discovered in Mauritius on 10 May 2016, and was delivered to the ATSB for investigation.

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