Has MH370 been found? Fisherman discover more plane debris on Thai beach
THE discovery of suspected plane wreckage along a Thai beach is expected to finally reveal what really happened on board the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Police officers quickly moved in and shut down the site while forensic investigations were launched
Villagers found what is believed to be part of an aircraft fuselage earlier this week and immediately reported the discovery to local authorities.
Police officers quickly moved in and shut down the site while forensic investigations were launched.
The missing MH370 plane disappeared with 239 people on board during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.
The Chinese Government has confirmed the country, where most of the passengers were from, is monitoring the latest development closely.
There has been no official confirmation that the wreckage belongs to a plane
The numbers ‘323’, '307' and '308' are printed near the ragged edge of the 'wreckage'
There has been no official confirmation that the wreckage belongs to a plane but investigators are using numbers printed along the side of the metal to identify the source.
The numbers ‘323’, '307' and '308' are printed near the ragged edge of the 'wreckage' found washed ashore in the Nakhon Si Thammarat province of Thailand.
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On the reverse side of the shard, a red wire can be seen dangling over what appears to be a serial number ‘SG5773-1’.
The shape also suggests a 'honeycomb' structure, which is widely used in aircraft due to its light weight.
Tanyapat Patthikongpan, head of Pak Phanang district, said the wreckage was two metres wide and three metres long.
Mr Patthikongpa added the amount of the barnacles on the shard means the 'debris' "would have been under the sea for no more than a few years".
The shape also suggests a 'honeycomb' structure, which is widely used in aircraft
The finding follows French confirmation "with certainty" the wreckage discovered on Reunion island
Tanyapat Patthikongpan, head of Pak Phanang district, said the wreckage was two metres wide
The finding follows French confirmation "with certainty" the wreckage discovered on Reunion island in July 2015 belonged to MH370
The six foot-long wing flap washed up 3,500 miles from the doomed plane's last-known location.
Investigators believe someone may have deliberately switched off the flight's transponder before diverting the plane thousands of miles off course.
This week's discovery comes after Australian search teams mistook a 200-year-old shipwreck in the Indian Ocean for the plane.
The Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), based in western Australia, located the large metal object, which looked eerily similar to the fuselage of a plane, using an underwater sonar vessel.
The official search for the plane is set to end in June this year despite Chinese relatives pleading for the operation to be extended.