Another suspected MH370 debris found in Mozambique
Agencies
March 11, 2016 00:10 MYT
March 11, 2016 00:10 MYT
A file photo of the first debris found in Mozambique in early March. The second piece of debris found by a South African teen claims to have an alphanumeric print on the object, of which the font is similar to this one. - AFP Photo/ATSB
A South African teenager claimed he might have found another piece of debris belonging to Flight MH370 which disappeared from radar two years ago.
According to foreign media reports, Liam Lotter, 18, told South Africa's East Coast Radio Newswatch on Thursday that he found a "shiny" and "curvy" piece of metal, with "holes on the side", on a sandbank when he was on holiday with his family in Mozambique last December.
Liam also reportedly said there was some sort of a "serial number" on the side of the object.
He claimed to have brought it back to his family home in South Africa.
The Lotter family only realised the significance of the find after another suspected debris of MH370 was found on the Mozambican coast earlier this month by an American man.
The family has since handed over the object to the South African authorities, who in turn will pass it to the same Australian team which is currently examining the first debris found in Mozambique.
"We are arranging for collection of the part, which will then be sent to Australia as they are the ones appointed by Malaysia to identify parts found," a South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) spokesman, Kabelo Ledwaba, was quoted by Reuters as saying.
Meanwhile, according to News.com.au, aviation experts told them that the "676EB" printed on the object found by Liam was not a serial number but "a zone reference identifying it as part of the inboard support fairing for the outboard trailing edge flap of a Boeing 777".
The print was clearly seen on the photos furnished by the Lotter family.
The font on this latest object was also comparable to the "NO STEP" printed on the piece of debris found by Blaine Gibson, an American lawyer turn private investigator who discovered the first debris in Mozambique.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was carrying 239 passengers and crew when it vanished on March 8, 2014 on an overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.