Malaysia confirms debris found in Thailand not from missing air plane MH370

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Plane wreckage found off the coast of southern Thailand in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Photo: Reuters

Published: 5:58pm, 26 Jan 2016Updated: 5:58pm, 26 Jan 2016

A piece of suspected aircraft wreckage found washed ashore in southern Thailand is not from a missing Malaysian plane, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said on Tuesday.

He said officials from his ministry, the Department of Civil Aviation and Malaysia Airlines had inspected the debris, found on Saturday at a beach in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat.

“From their detailed report, they have ascertained that the part assembly number, wire bundle number and bolts part number do not match those of a Boeing 777,” Liow said in a statement, referring to the model flown by Malaysia Airlines as flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014.

A piece of wreckage found on a beach in eastern Thailand prompted authorities to investigate whether it was part of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, while experts said it was likely part of another craft. Photo: EPA

“Additionally, the parts numbers which were found on the recovered debris are not listed in the MAS (Malaysia Airlines) B777 illustrated parts catalogue manual. Based on these identifying details, the team has confirmed that the debris does not belong to the B777 9M-MRO aircraft,” he added.

Other news reports on the debris have speculated that it actually came from a Japanese rocket, rather than an aircraft.

Flight MH370 was being flown by a Boeing 777, registration number 9M-MRO, when it vanished from radar while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

Malaysia confirms debris found in Thailand not from missing air plane MH370

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