A piece of debris found along the eastern African coast between Mozambique and Madagascar may be from the tail section of the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared two years ago, NBC News reported on Wednesday.
Citing American, Malaysian and Australian investigators who have looked at photos of the possible debris, NBC said the piece could be a horizontal stabilizer from a Boeing 777.
The MH370 aircraft that was en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur when authorities lost track of it in March 2014 was also a Boeing 777.
Mozambican authorities have no information on the sighting of such an object off the coast of Inhambane province, according to Interior Ministry spokesperson Inacio Dina.
The US National Transportation Safety Board declined to comment and referred questions to the Malaysian authorities who oversaw the investigation.
Boeing also declined to comment, referring all questions to investigating authorities.
NBC said the debris was found on a sandbank in the Mozambique Channel by an American man who has been tracking the investigation of the missing flight.
Engineers who have looked at the debris have said there is a good chance it belonged to MH370, NBC said, citing sources close to the investigation.
Australian authorities have said they are stepping up their search for the missing plane, which was carrying 239 passengers.
The report comes after authorities said last year that they had found a piece of the plane’s wing on the shore of Reunion island in the Indian Ocean on the other side of Madagascar.
Authorities have said other reported debris was not from flight MH370.
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