Malaysian authorities on Friday confirmed that a piece of plane debris found in Mauritius was from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that the debris was “consistent with the trailing edge of an aircraft wing” after the Australian Transport Safety Bureau examined the piece.
The Boeing 777 jet was flying, with 239 people on-board, from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, when it was went missing in March 2014. The two-year-long search operation for the plane has not yielded much. In September, Malaysian authorities confirmed that a large piece of aircraft debris found on the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania, was from the missing jet. Last year, officials confirmed that debris found on the French island of Reunion as part of the missing plane. Other pieces of debris found in Mozambique, South Africa and Rodrigues Island, a territory of Mauritius are also being examined.
The Malaysian government recently announced that the hunt for the missing aircraft would be suspended if it was not found in its current search area. Approximately $137 million (Rs 912 crore) has been spent on the search till now, making it the most expensive search in aviation history.
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