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Do not fill this in! == Marine debris == By October 2017, 20 pieces of debris believed to be from 9M-MRO had been recovered from beaches in the western Indian Ocean;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mh370.gov.my/phocadownload/3rd_IS/Summary%20of%20Debris%20300417.pdf|title=Summary of Possible MH370 Debris Recovered|date=April 2017|access-date=23 October 2017|publisher=Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370, Ministry of Transport, Malaysia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123145719/http://www.mh370.gov.my/phocadownload/3rd_IS/Summary%20of%20Debris%20300417.pdf|archive-date=23 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> 18 of the items were "identified as being very likely or almost certain to originate from MH370", while the other two were "assessed as probably from the accident aircraft."<ref name="ATSB Final Report AE-2014-054"/>{{rp|106}} On 16 August 2017, the [[Australian Transport Safety Bureau|ATSB]] released two reports: the analysis of [[satellite imagery]] collected on 23 March 2014, two weeks after MH370 disappeared, classifying 12 objects in the ocean as "probably man-made";<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/new-reports-offer-clues-to-mh370-location-440313/ |title= New reports offer clues to MH370 location |date= 16 August 2017 |first= Mavis |last= Toh |website= [[FlightGlobal]] |access-date= 16 August 2017 |archive-date= 6 October 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171006155945/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/new-reports-offer-clues-to-mh370-location-440313/ |url-status= live }}</ref> and a drift study of the recovered objects by the CSIRO, identifying the crash area "with unprecedented precision and certainty" at {{coord|-35.6|92.8|type:landmark_scale:10000000|name=CSIRO crash area}}, northeast of the main {{convert|120,000|km2|mi2|abbr=on|adj=on}} underwater search zone.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://atwonline.com/safety/new-report-suggests-resting-place-mh370 |title= New report suggests resting place of MH370 |date= 16 August 2017 |author= Alan Dron |work= Aviation Week Network |access-date= 17 August 2017 |archive-date= 18 August 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045404/http://atwonline.com/safety/new-report-suggests-resting-place-mh370 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Australia's CSIRO believes it can locate missing MH370|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/australia-csiro-believes-locate-missing-mh370-170816102755016.html|agency=Aljazeera|date=16 August 2017|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005203655/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/australia-csiro-believes-locate-missing-mh370-170816102755016.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Flaperon=== [[File:Boeing 777 Wing Flaperon (Part No. 657 BB).jpg|thumb|Boeing 777 flaperon]] [[File:Reunion debris compared to MH370 flight paths and underwater search area.png|thumb|Location of flaperon discovery relative to Flight 370's flight path and the main search area]] [[File:Indian Ocean Gyre.png|thumb|Currents within the Indian Ocean]] The first item of debris to be positively identified as originating from Flight 370 was the right [[flaperon]] (a [[trailing edge]] control surface).<ref name="guardian20150730">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/30/mh370-search-what-is-the-debris-found-in-la-reunion |title=MH370 search: what is the 'flaperon' debris found in Réunion? |last1=Safi |first1=Michael |last2=Holmes |first2=Oliver |date=30 July 2015 |work=The Guardian |url-access=registration |access-date=15 December 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202110031/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/30/mh370-search-what-is-the-debris-found-in-la-reunion |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Boeing "777 Aircraft Maintenance Manual" [D633W101-RBA], Chapter 6 Dimensions and Areas, Section 06-44 Wings (Major zones 500 and 600), p. 221, 3 May 2008</ref><ref>ATSB final report (AE-2014-054) dated 3 October 2017, p. 103. "The flaperon was the first item of debris positively confirmed to have come from MH370."</ref> It was discovered in late July 2015 on a beach in [[Saint-André, Réunion|Saint-André]], [[Réunion]], an island in the western Indian Ocean, about {{convert|4000|km|nmi mi|abbr=on}} west of the underwater search area.<ref name="BBC: Réunion debris 30-07-2015"/> The item was transported from Réunion (an [[Overseas departments and territories of France|overseas department of France]]) to [[Toulouse]], where it was examined by France's civil aviation accident investigation agency, the [[Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety]] (BEA), and a French defence ministry laboratory.<ref name="BBC: Réunion debris 30-07-2015"/> Malaysia sent its own investigators to both Réunion and Toulouse.<ref name="BBC: Réunion debris 30-07-2015"/><ref>{{cite news |title=MH370 search: Plane debris arrives in France |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33739851 |access-date=2 August 2015 |work=BBC News |date=1 August 2015 |archive-date=5 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005062237/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33739851 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 3 September 2015, French officials announced that serial numbers found on internal components of the flaperon linked it "with certainty" to Flight 370.<ref name="francetvinfo 3 Sept 2015">{{cite news|language=fr|date=3 September 2015|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/live/message/55e/862/7a6/674/763/493/562/000.html|publisher=Francetvinfo|title=Le débris d'avion retrouvé fin juillet à La Réunion appartient "avec certitude" au vol MH370, annonce le parquet de Paris|access-date=3 September 2015|archive-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111100458/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/live/message/55e/862/7a6/674/763/493/562/000.html|url-status=live}}</ref> These serial numbers were retrieved using a [[borescope]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hanna|first1=Jason|last2=Vandoorne|first2=Saskya|date=3 September 2015|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/03/europe/mh370-investigation/index.html|publisher=CNN|title='Certainty' that Reunion debris from MH370, French official says|access-date=3 September 2015|archive-date=3 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903171235/http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/03/europe/mh370-investigation/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Nicola|title=Analysis Confirms Plane Debris Came From Malaysia Airlines Flight 370|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-flaperon-reunion.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=3 September 2015|access-date=27 February 2017|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000828/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-flaperon-reunion.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BBC33794012>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33794012 |title=MH370: Reunion debris is from missing plane, says Najib |work=[[BBC News]] |date=6 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828142244/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33794012 |archive-date=28 August 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/mh370/11779673/MH370-Malaysian-government-confirms-debris-is-from-a-Boeing-777.html |title=MH370: Malaysian government confirms debris is from a Boeing 777 |last=Shahrestani |first=Vin |date=3 August 2015 |work=The Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806010230/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/mh370/11779673/MH370-Malaysian-government-confirms-debris-is-from-a-Boeing-777.html |archive-date=6 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After the discovery, French police conducted a search of the waters around Réunion for additional debris,<ref name="BBC: Réunion debris 30-07-2015">{{cite news|title=MH370 search: Réunion debris to be tested in France|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33714780|access-date=30 July 2015|work=BBC News|date=30 July 2015|archive-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924014642/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33714780|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Adamson |first1=Thomas |last2=Ng |first2=Eileen |title=Malaysia Seeks Help in Finding More Possible MH370 Debris |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-seeks-expand-search-mh370-debris-32832669 |access-date=8 August 2015 |work=ABC News |agency=AP |date=2 August 2015 |quote=Malaysia's transport ministry confirmed Sunday that the flaperon that was found has been identified as being from a 777, saying it had been verified by French authorities together with Boeing, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and a Malaysian team. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804213635/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-seeks-expand-search-mh370-debris-32832669 |archive-date=4 August 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Fr24: Reunion search 7 Aug 2015">{{cite news|title=France launches search for more MH370 debris on Réunion|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20150807-france-steps-reunion-island-search-flight-mh370-wreckage|access-date=8 August 2015|work=France24|date=7 August 2015|quote=The prefect of the French overseas department, Dominique Sorain, said Friday that a helicopter and water vehicles would scour an area 120 kilometres (75 miles) by 40 kilometres (25 miles) around the east coast of the island, where the wing part, known as a flaperon, was found. Bad weather forced the suspension of operations on Friday evening with the search set to begin again on Sunday morning.|archive-date=8 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808035211/http://www.france24.com/en/20150807-france-steps-reunion-island-search-flight-mh370-wreckage|url-status=live}}</ref> and found a damaged suitcase that was initially linked to Flight 370,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aubusson |first1=Kate |date=31 July 2015 |title=MH370: Suitcase reportedly found on {{sic|nolink=y|Reunion}} Island, close to where plane debris recovered |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/mh370-suitcase-reportedly-found-on-reunion-island-close-to-where-plane-debris-recovered-20150730-gio73i.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801161006/http://www.smh.com.au/world/mh370-suitcase-reportedly-found-on-reunion-island-close-to-where-plane-debris-recovered-20150730-gio73i.html |archive-date=1 August 2015 |access-date=31 July 2015 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> but officials have since doubted this connection.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-31 |title=MH370 search live: 'Convincing evidence' plane was downed in Indian Ocean - Malaysian official<!-- "offical" in original --> |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/11772187/MH370-debris-found-live.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209061107/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/11772187/MH370-debris-found-live.html |archive-date=2024-02-09 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref> The location of the discovery was consistent with models of debris dispersal 16 months after an origin in the search area then in progress off the west coast of Australia.<ref name="Operational search update 5 August 2015">{{cite web|title=MH370 Operational Search Update|url=http://jacc.gov.au/families/operational_reports/opsearch-update-20150805.aspx|publisher=Joint Agency Coordination Centre|access-date=8 August 2015|date=5 August 2015|archive-date=11 March 2018|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/gov/20180311050517/http://jacc.gov.au/families/operational_reports/opsearch-update-20150805.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC: Réunion debris 30-07-2015"/><ref name="ATSB/CSIRO Drift model 4 Aug 2015">{{cite web|title=MH370: Aircraft Debris and Drift Modelling|url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/2015/mh370-drift-analysis.aspx|publisher=Australian Transport Safety Bureau/The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation|access-date=8 August 2015|date=4 August 2015|archive-date=5 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805235912/http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/2015/mh370-drift-analysis.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/malaysia-airlines-370-searchers-treating-debris-major-lead/story?id=32775033|title=Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Searchers Treating Debris as Major Lead|website=[[ABC News]]|access-date=30 July 2015|archive-date=31 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731063608/https://abcnews.go.com/International/malaysia-airlines-370-searchers-treating-debris-major-lead/story?id=32775033|url-status=live}}</ref> A Chinese water bottle and an Indonesian cleaning product were also found in the same area.<ref>{{cite news|title='Chinese water bottle, Indonesian canister' wash up on Reunion Island after possible MH370 wing flap find|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/1845475/chinese-water-bottle-indonesian-canister-wash-reunion|agency=AFP, Reuters|newspaper=South China Morning Post|access-date=31 July 2015|date=31 July 2015|archive-date=31 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731154312/http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/1845475/chinese-water-bottle-indonesian-canister-wash-reunion|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MH370 Search: New Items Wash Ashore On {{sic|nolink=y|Reunion}}|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1528192/mh370-search-new-items-wash-ashore-on-reunion|access-date=31 July 2015|work=Sky News|date=31 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802232244/https://news.sky.com/story/1528192/mh370-search-new-items-wash-ashore-on-reunion |archive-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> In August 2015, France carried out an aerial search for possible marine debris around the island, covering an area of {{convert|120 by 40|km|mi|abbr=on}} along the east coast of Réunion.<ref name="Fr24: Reunion search 7 Aug 2015"/> Foot patrols were also planned to search for debris along the beaches.<ref name="CNN: Reunion search 6 Aug 2015">{{cite news|last1=Mullen|first1=Jethro|last2=Shoichet|first2=Catherine|last3=Fantz|first3=Ashley|title=MH370: More plane debris has washed up on {{sic|nolink=y|Reunion}}, Malaysia says|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/06/world/mh370-investigation/|access-date=8 August 2015|work=CNN|date=6 August 2015|archive-date=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806221204/http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/06/world/mh370-investigation/|url-status=live}}</ref> Malaysia asked authorities in neighbouring states to be on the alert for marine debris that might have come from an aircraft.<ref name="ABC: Malaysia seeks help in debris search">{{cite news|last1=Ng |first1=Eileen |last2=Adamson |first2=Thomas |title=Malaysia Seeks Help in Finding More Possible MH370 Debris |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-seeks-expand-search-mh370-debris-32832669 |access-date=8 August 2015 |work=ABC News (US) |agency=AP |date=2 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804213635/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-seeks-expand-search-mh370-debris-32832669 |archive-date=4 August 2015 }}</ref> On 14 August, it was announced that no debris that could be traced to Flight 370 had been found at sea off Réunion, but that some items had been found on land.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=MH370: Search on {{sic|nolink=y|Reunion}} island to end Monday |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/08/14/MH370-Reunion-to-end-search/ |newspaper=The Star |location=Malaysia |date=14 August 2015 |access-date=14 August 2015 |archive-date=14 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814200815/http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/08/14/MH370-Reunion-to-end-search/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Air and sea searches for debris ended on 17 August.<ref>{{cite news |title=France ends search for MH370 debris off Réunion coast |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/17/flight-mh370-france-search-reunion-missing |newspaper=The Guardian |agency=AFP |date=17 August 2015 |access-date=17 August 2015 |url-access=registration |archive-date=18 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818012816/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/17/flight-mh370-france-search-reunion-missing |url-status=live }}</ref> The flaperon was covered in ''[[Lepas anatifera]]'' barnacles, which grow in certain patterns and only while underwater. Researchers have analyzed the barnacles on the flaperon in an attempt to deduce its path to Réunion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/mh370-search-debris-barnacles.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us |title=The Sea Creatures That Opened a New Mystery About MH370 |first1=Jeff |last1=Wise |work=[[Intelligencer (website)|Intelligencer]] |date=2024-03-07 |accessdate=2024-03-10 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310233520/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/mh370-search-debris-barnacles.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Parts from the right stabiliser and right wing=== In late February 2016, an object bearing a stencilled label of "NO STEP" was found off the coast of Mozambique; early photographic analysis suggested that it could have come from the aircraft's horizontal stabiliser or from the leading edges of the wings.<ref name=bbc2>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35888405 |title=MH370 search: Mozambique debris 'almost certainly' from missing plane |work=BBC News |date=24 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415013548/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35888405 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The part was found by Blaine Gibson<ref name=wsfa1/> on a sandbank in the [[Bazaruto Archipelago]] off the coast of [[Vilanculos]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Langewiesche | first=William | title=What Really Happened to Malaysia's Missing Airplane | website=The Atlantic | date=17 June 2019 | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/ | access-date=10 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711104506/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/ |archive-date=11 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> in southern Mozambique, around {{cvt|2000|km}} southwest of where the flaperon had been found the previous July.<ref>{{cite news|title=Possible debris from Malaysia flight MH370 found near Mozambique: NBC |work=New Straits Times |date=2 March 2016 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/africa/possible-debris-from-malaysia-flight-mh370-found-near-mozambique-nbc |location=Washington |agency=Reuters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405144212/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/africa/possible-debris-from-malaysia-flight-mh370-found-near-mozambique-nbc |archive-date=5 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35709867 |title=MH370 search: 'High possibility' debris is from same plane model |date=3 March 2016 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315183102/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35709867 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The fragment was sent to Australia, where experts identified it as almost certainly a horizontal stabiliser panel from 9M-MRO.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.asiaone.com/malaysia/possible-mh370-debris-mozambique-be-sent-australia-analysis |title=Possible MH370 debris in Mozambique to be sent to Australia for analysis |date=3 March 2016 |access-date=3 March 2016 |agency=AFP |website=[[AsiaOne]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007220309/https://www.asiaone.com/malaysia/possible-mh370-debris-mozambique-be-sent-australia-analysis |archive-date=7 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>ATSB debris report 1, pp. 2–3</ref> In December 2015, Liam Lotter had found a grey piece of debris on a beach in southern Mozambique, but only after reading in March 2016 about Gibson's find—some {{convert|300|km|abbr=on}} from his own—did his family alert authorities.<ref name=wsfa1/> The piece was flown to Australia for analysis. It carried a stencilled code 676EB, which identified it as part of a Boeing 777 flap track fairing,<ref name=bbc2/><ref>ATSB debris report 1, pp. 1–2</ref> and the style of lettering matched that of stencils used by Malaysia Airlines, making it almost certain that the part came from 9M-MRO.<ref name=bbc2/><ref name="mh370.gov.my">{{cite web|url=http://mh370.gov.my/phocadownload/News/Debris%20Examination%20Result.pdf |title=Experts Complete Examination of Mozambique Debris |publisher=Ministry of Transport Malaysia |website=MH370.gov.my |date=24 March 2016 |access-date=30 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411122105/http://mh370.gov.my/phocadownload/News/Debris%20Examination%20Result.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MSN debris ID">{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mozambique-debris-almost-certainly-from-mh370-australia/ar-BBqQCx2 |title=Mozambique debris 'almost certainly from MH370': Australia |agency=Associated Press |date=24 March 2016 |access-date=24 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325210846/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mozambique-debris-almost-certainly-from-mh370-australia/ar-BBqQCx2 |archive-date=25 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name="ATSB Mozambique debris id">{{cite web|url=https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5770117/debris-examination-mh370_19april2016.pdf |title=Identification of two items of debris recovered from beaches in Mozambique |publisher=Australian Transport Safety Bureau |website=atsb.gov.au |date=19 April 2016 |access-date=11 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508085656/https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5770117/debris-examination-mh370_19april2016.pdf |archive-date=8 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=wsfa1>{{cite news|url=http://www.wsfa.com/story/31552445/australia-mozambique-debris-likely-from-malaysia-jet |title=Australia: Mozambique debris "highly likely" from Flight 370 |last=Gelineau|first=Kristen|website=WSFA.com|agency=Associated Press|date=24 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325114111/http://www.wsfa.com/story/31552445/australia-mozambique-debris-likely-from-malaysia-jet |archive-date=25 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.aviation-safety.net/2016/04/19/atsb-two-items-of-debris-found-on-mozambique-coast-almost-certainly-belong-to-mh370/ |title=ATSB: Two items of debris found on Mozambique coast 'almost certainly' belong to MH370 |date=19 April 2016 |work=Aviation Safety Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426154131/http://news.aviation-safety.net/2016/04/19/atsb-two-items-of-debris-found-on-mozambique-coast-almost-certainly-belong-to-mh370/ |archive-date=26 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The locations where the objects were found are consistent with the drift model performed by [[CSIRO]],<ref name="mh370.gov.my"/> further corroborating that the parts could have come from Flight 370. ===Other debris=== On 7 March 2016, more debris, possibly from the aircraft, was found on the island of [[Réunion]]. [[Aziz Kaprawi|Ab Aziz Kaprawi]], Malaysia's deputy transport minister, said that "an unidentified grey item with a blue border" might be linked to Flight 370. Both Malaysian and Australian authorities, coordinating the search in the South Indian Ocean, sent teams to verify whether the debris was from the missing aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/asiapacific/2016/03/07/more-debris-found-on-reunion-island.html |title=More debris found on Reunion Island |work=Sky News Australia |date=8 March 2016 |access-date=8 March 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308105716/http://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/asiapacific/2016/03/07/more-debris-found-on-reunion-island.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/07/c_135163689.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160309080013/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/07/c_135163689.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 9 March 2016 |title=Suspected new debris found in Reunion Island could be from MH370 |agency=Xinhua |date=8 March 2016 |access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref> On 21 March 2016, South African archaeologist Neels Kruger found a grey piece of debris on a beach near [[Mossel Bay]], South Africa, that had an unmistakable partial logo of [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce]], the manufacturer of the missing aircraft's engines.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/23/possible-piece-of-mh370-engine-found-on-south-african-beach |title=Possible piece of MH370 engine found on South African beach |newspaper=The Guardian |location=Kuala Lumpur, Johannesburg |date=23 March 2016 |url-access=registration |access-date=15 December 2016 |archive-date=14 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214164405/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/23/possible-piece-of-mh370-engine-found-on-south-african-beach |url-status=live }}</ref> The Malaysian ministry of transport acknowledged that the piece could be that of an engine cowling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeJYReNUMAAis3C.jpg|title=New Debris Located in South Africa|format=Media statement|date=22 March 2016|first=Tiong Lai|last=Liow|publisher=[[Ministry of Transport (Malaysia)]]|author-link=Liow Tiong Lai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104203926/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeJYReNUMAAis3C.jpg|archive-date=4 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> An additional piece of possible debris, suggested to have come from the interior of the aircraft, was found on the island of [[Rodrigues]], [[Mauritius]], in late March.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35953295 |title=MH370 search: New debris found in Mauritius to be examined |work=BBC News |date=3 April 2016 |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=3 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403141130/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35953295 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 11 May 2016, Australian authorities determined that the two pieces of debris were "almost certainly" from Flight 370.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/debris-found-in-south/2777822.html |title=Debris found in South Africa, Mauritius 'almost certainly' from MH370: Malaysian minister |work=ChannelNews Asia |location=Singapore |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=12 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720032621/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/debris-found-in-south/2777822.html|archive-date=20 July 2016}}</ref> ===Flap and further search=== On 24 June 2016, Australian transport minister [[Darren Chester]] said that a piece of aircraft debris had been found on [[Pemba Island]], off the coast of [[Tanzania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Potential MH370 debris found on island off African coast|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/potential-mh370-debris-found-on-island-off-african-coast/2016/06/24/21f62326-3a13-11e6-af02-1df55f0c77ff_story.html|archive-date=25 June 2016|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |agency=Associated Press|date=24 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625123911/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/potential-mh370-debris-found-on-island-off-african-coast/2016/06/24/21f62326-3a13-11e6-af02-1df55f0c77ff_story.html}}</ref> It was handed over to the authorities so that experts from Malaysia could determine its origin.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/07/01/suspected-mh370-debris-to-be-analysed-in-tanzania/ |title=Suspected MH370 debris to be analysed in Tanzania |agency=Agence France-Presse |publisher=Star Media Group Berhad |website=The Star Online |date=1 July 2016 |access-date=2 July 2016 |archive-date=7 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707015435/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/07/01/suspected-mh370-debris-to-be-analysed-in-tanzania/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 20 July, the Australian government released photographs of the piece, which was believed to be an outboard [[Flap (aeronautics)|flap]] from one of the aircraft's wings.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McBride|first1=Brian|title=New Photos Show Wing Flap Believed to Be From Missing MH370|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/photos-show-wing-flap-believed-missing-mh370/story?id=40725539|access-date=20 July 2016|publisher=ABC News Internet Ventures|website=[[ABC News]]|date=20 July 2016|archive-date=21 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721115956/https://abcnews.go.com/International/photos-show-wing-flap-believed-missing-mh370/story?id=40725539|url-status=live}}</ref> Malaysia's transport ministry confirmed on 15 September that the debris was indeed from the missing aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Malaysia-confirms-debris-found-in-Tanzania-is-from-MH370/articleshow/54346577.cms |title=Malaysia confirms debris found in Tanzania is from MH370 |agency=Agence France Presse |website=Times of India |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd |date=15 September 2016 |access-date=15 September 2016 |archive-date=9 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209174922/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Malaysia-confirms-debris-found-in-Tanzania-is-from-MH370/articleshow/54346577.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> On 21 November 2016, families of the victims announced that they would carry out a search for debris in December on the island of [[Madagascar]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38047793 |title=MH370 relatives to search for debris in Madagascar |website=BBC News |date=21 November 2016 |access-date=22 November 2016 |archive-date=22 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122055541/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38047793 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 30 November 2018, five pieces of debris recovered between December 2016 and August 2018 on the Malagasy coast, and believed by victims' relatives to be from MH370, were handed to Malaysian transport minister [[Loke Siew Fook|Anthony Loke]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Palin |first1=Megan |title='Massive breakthrough': Flight MH370 'crashed violently' |url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/travel/massive-breakthrough-flight-mh370-crashed-violently/news-story/977695d66a18b10a4fe37577fc4ce62f |access-date=2 December 2018 |work=Cairns Post |date=1 December 2018}}</ref> [[Texas A&M University]] mathematics professor [[Goong Chen]] has argued that the plane may have entered the sea vertically; any other angle of entry would make the aircraft splinter into many pieces, which would have been found already.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.math.tamu.edu/~goong.chen/mh370.pdf|title=Some comments, questions and answers regarding MH370 (related to the recent work by G. Chen et al.)|website=Math.tamu.edu|access-date=12 March 2019|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228224915/https://www.math.tamu.edu/~goong.chen/mh370.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/21/us/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-theories/|title=MH370 possibly plunged straight into ocean, expert says|author=Michael Martinez|author2=Don Melvin|date=30 July 2015|website=Cnn.com|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005170620/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/21/us/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-theories/|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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