by Donald Wood
Last updated: 5:15 PM ET, Wed March 2, 2016
Photo via Twitter/CNNJason
An object discovered in Mozambique is believed to be a piece of debris from a Boeing 777, and will be analyzed as possible wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
According to Rene Marsh and Don Melvin of CNN.com, the object was discovered on a sandbank in the Mozambique Channel, between the Eastern African country and the island of Madagascar.
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Last July, investigators found the only confirmed piece of debris from Flight MH370 on Reunion Island, east of Madagascar. The possible wreckage found in Mozambique is in the same corner of the southern Indian Ocean as Reunion Island.
Investigators from Malaysia, Australia and the United States have been shown the images of the wreckage, and there is a belief that it could be a horizontal stabilizer from the tail of a Boeing 777, according to CNN.com.
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CNN producer Jason Morrell shared on Twitter images of the debris found in Mozambique and footage of the man who discovered it:
The Australian Joint Agency Coordination Center told the media that it is aware of the discovery, but is waiting for more information before making any comment. Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai also said that while there is a possibility it could be from a Boeing 777, the debris must be analyzed and verified.
The timing of the possible discovery is uncanny. Not only has it been almost two years since the plane and the 239 passengers and crew onboard went missing on March 8, 2014, but it also comes as the search for the missing flight continues on its final leg.
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