Tanzania debris to be checked for MH370 link: Australia

TIL Desk/World/Sydney-A piece of aircraft debris found off the coast of Tanzania will be examined to see whether it could be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australian officials said today.

Australia’s Transport Minister Darren Chester gave no description of the fragment found on Pemba Island, the latest in a string of pieces being examined for links to the aircraft lost more than two years ago with 239 people onboard.

“The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is seeking further information on the debris to ascertain whether it was from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, MH370,” Chester said in a statement.  The bureau said Malaysian officials were in contact with Tanzanian authorities to arrange for the piece to be examined.