29 March 2016•Update: 04 April 2016
By P Prem Kumar
KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia's Transport Minister has said that another piece of debris suspected to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, has been found in South Africa.
Liow Tiong Lai told reporters in capital Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday that the debris is currently being examined to determine its origin.
"We found another piece. We have to determine whether it is from Boeing 777 wreckage first," Tiong Lai said. "If it is Boeing 777, we have to consider sending it to Australia for further identification."
Six pieces of aircraft debris believed to be from MH370 have been found since the aircraft went missing March 8, 2014, carrying 239 passengers and crew members, including 152 Chinese citizens.
The search and rescue mission -- which began immediately -- involved 65 aircraft and 95 vessels as well as experts from 25 countries.
After 10 months of intensive undersea searching, on Jan. 29 2015 Malaysia declared MH370 lost in an accident, killing all passengers.
On July 29 last year, a piece of aircraft debris was found washed ashore on the French island, east of Madagascar.
The debris -- believed to be from a Boeing 777 -- was sent to Toulouse, France, for analysis the following day.
Prime Minister Najib Razak has since announced that the flaperon was from MH370, and that the flight indeed ended in the Indian Ocean.
