Has debris from Flight MH370 been found?
November 30, 2018 14:42
Relatives of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Friday handed over new-found debris believed to be from the ill-fated plane, hoping it could help shed light on the jet's mysterious disappearance four years ago.
The Boeing 777 jet with 239 people on board vanished on March 8, 2014 during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur in the world's greatest aviation mystery.
An official report released in July following a lengthy investigation and years of fruitless searching gave no new clues about why the plane disappeared, sparking anger among relatives.
Only three confirmed fragments of MH370 have been found so far, all of them on western Indian Ocean shores, including a two-metre wing part known as a flaperon.
Malaysia's new government, which took power in May, has said the search could be resumed but only if new and compelling evidence comes to light. Loke, the transport minister, said the government will "immediately verify the items" ranging from almost 60 centimetres in length to palm-sized.
The disappearance of MH370 triggered the largest hunt in aviation history. However, searchers scouring a 120,000-square kilometre area of Indian Ocean have failed to locate the missing plane.
Photograph: Lai Seng Sin/Reuters
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