SYDNEY: Images of three new pieces of debris are being examined by Australian search teams looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, they said Friday.
One of the items washed up on remote Kangaroo Island off Australia’s south coast, while the other two were reportedly found in Madagascar.
“The ATSB has been advised and has received photos of the item (on Kangaroo Island),” a spokesman for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is coordinating the search for the plane, told AFP. “It needs to be examined before coming to any conclusion.”
He added that images of other pieces of debris found in Madagascar were also being studied.
“We have seen the photos and governments are being consulted on how best to have that examined,” he added.
The fate of the passenger jet, which is presumed to have crashed at sea after disappearing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board in March 2014, remains a mystery.
So far eight pieces of debris, excluding the most recent finds, have been discovered thousands of kilometres (miles) from the current search zone far off the west Australian coast.
They are presumed to have drifted there with five of the parts identified as definitely or probably from the Boeing 777, while three others are still being examined.
The piece found on Kangaroo Island among seaweed and driftwood resembles part of a plane, with the words “Caution No Step” visible, according to footage on Channel Seven.
