Wreckage Likely From Boeing 777, But Definitive ID Has Not Been Established

While there is a high possibility that debris discovered on a sandbar off the coast of Mozambique is from a Boeing 777, there has been no direct connection made between the wreckage and Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which went missing nearly two years ago.

USA Today reports that Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that more investigation is needed to determine whether the wreckage is connected with the plane.

On Twitter, the Transport Minister said that "Based on early reports, high possibility debris found in Mozambique belongs to a B777. I urged everyone to avoid undue speculation as we are not able to conclude that the debris belongs to #mh370 at this time."

A spokesman for the Joint Agency Coordination Center established in Australia said that the center knows about the debris and is working with officials in Mozambique and Malaysia to determine its origin.

In a statement, the Hon. Darren Chester MP, Australia's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, said "the location of the debris is consistent with drift modelling commissioned by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and reaffirms the search area for MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean."

Mozambique is in southeast Africa, about 1,200 miles from where a flaperon from MH370 was recovered last July.

(ATSB images. Credit: Blaine Gibson)

FMI: http://jacc.gov.au