Two more pieces of missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 found
Two years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 mysteriously disappeared with 239 people on board, experts have confirmed they've found another two pieces of debris from the aircraft. Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said Thursday that they've found an engine cowling piece and an interior panel piece from an aircraft cabin, which marks the first interior piece discovered. The debris was discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius.
The new findings bring the total number of pieces discovered up to five. Last year, a wing part from the plane washed up on France's Reunion Island. In March, two pieces of debris were found along Mozambique's coast.
The locations of the washed-up debris provide further evidence for the theory that the jet — which vanished while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur — crashed somewhere in a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean off Australia's west coast. So far, crews have searched nearly 40,000 square miles, but the search has largely proved fruitless.
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