Wreckage 'might be from a B777'

A two-metre piece of aircraft wreckage that washed up on a beach east of Madagascar might be part of the Malaysia Airlines B777 (flight MH370) that vanished in March last year.

The debris now is being examined by French air transport officials, who have opened a probe to investigate where the wreckage could have come from.

No part of the wreckage from MH370 has been found and it is listed as one of aviation's great mysteries.

The plane disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

Unsuccessful search efforts for the wreck - led by Australia, Malaysia and China - have focused on a broad expanse of the southern Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia.  

Recently, it has been suggested the plane might have travelled further west than the search area before crashing into the sea, but there has been no evidence to support that claim.

Wreckage 'might be from a B777'

A two-metre piece of aircraft wreckage that washed up on a beach east of Madagascar might be part of the Malaysia Airlines B777 (flight MH370) that vanished in March last year.

The debris now is being examined by French air transport officials, who have opened a probe to investigate where the wreckage could have come from.

No part of the wreckage from MH370 has been found and it is listed as one of aviation's great mysteries.

The plane disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

Unsuccessful search efforts for the wreck - led by Australia, Malaysia and China - have focused on a broad expanse of the southern Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia.  

Recently, it has been suggested the plane might have travelled further west than the search area before crashing into the sea, but there has been no evidence to support that claim.