Australia to test possible debris of MH370

A piece of debris found off the southeast African coast that could be from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight was being sent to Australia for testing, officials said on Thursday, two years after the plane carrying 239 people disappeared.

A white, metre-long chunk of metal was found off the coast of Mozambique earlier this week by a U.S. adventurer who has been carrying out an independent search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

The debris will be tested by officials in Australia, with help from Malaysian authorities and



representatives of manufacturer Boeing Co.

“It is too early to speculate on the origin of the debris at this stage,” Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester told parliament.

Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew on board shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing. It is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean and an initial search of a 60,000 sq km (23,000 sq miles) area of sea floor has been extended to another 60,000 sq km.