TWO plane parts found on the east African coast matches specifications from the missing MH370 flight, investigators say.
FOUND: Joao Abreu, from Mozambique's Civil Aviation Institute, with the washed-up debris.
Investigators looking into the mystery which has gribbed a generation say the dimensions, materials and construction match a Boeing 777 aircraft.
Tests carried out by experts – the Australian Transportation Safety Bureau – have linked the debris to the Malaysian Airlines plane.
The paint and stencilling on the parts also match the doomed plane.
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"First, the two pieces of debris belong to Boeing 777 parts. Secondly, from the paint and the stencils of these two pieces, it is similar to MAS [Malaysian Airlines] airlines paint.
"We conclude it is most certain [it] belongs to MH370," Malaysia's transport minister Liow Tiong Lai.
MH370 vanished in March 2014 with 239 people on board.
The fate of the plane, its passengers and crew remains one of world's biggest unsolved mysteries.
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Officials from Australia, Malaysia and Boeing all examined the objects.
One part – a metre-long chunk of metal – was found by a US adventurer – called Blaine Alan – carrying out an independent search.
The object reportedly has the words "NO STEP" on it, suggesting it could be from the airline's horizontal stabiliser.
Another fragment was found by an 18-year-old South African – Liam Lotter – on holiday in the coastal town Xai Xai.
Officials from Australia, Malaysia and Boeing all examined the objects.
One part – a metre-long chunk of metal – was found by a US adventurer carrying out an independent search.
The object reportedly has the words "NO STEP" on it, suggesting it could be from the airline's horizontal stabilizer.
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