Airplane debris found in Mozambique 'almost certainly' from vanished flight MH370

On Thursday, Australia's transport minister said that two pieces of debris found along the coast of Mozambique are "almost certainly from MH370," the Malaysian Airlines flight that vanished two years ago. One of the pieces, found by American lawyer and MH370 searcher Blaine Gibson, appears to be from the tail of a Boeing 777, while the other piece was discovered by South African teenager Liam Lotter during a family vacation.

Researchers spent the past few days carefully analyzing the debris, using X-rays and careful rinsing to search for clues, including any marine life that might give a clue to where the body of the plane is resting. The only other confirmed piece of the plane, a wing fragment found on the Reunion Island last July, hasn't revealed much, but the new debris buttresses the leading theory that the plane went down in the Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board. Australian investigators are also examining a fourth piece of debris an archaeologist discovered in South Africa. The search teams have covered more than 70 percent of their huge search zone in the southern Indian Ocean, but have so far only discovered shipwrecks and garbage.

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