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Do not fill this in! ===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. 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