The fragment of suspected aircraft wreckage was reportedly found on the coast of Mozambique, and photos of it have stirred hope it could provide clues into what befell the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight.
Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said late Wednesday that initial information indicated a "high possibility" it came from a Boeing 777.
That is the same model of aircraft as the ill-fated MH370, which mysteriously vanished on March 8, 2014 on a routine overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew.
Australian Transport Minister Darren Chester said the chunk of debris was approximately one metre long.
"The debris is to be transferred to Australia where it will be examined by officials from Australia and Malaysia, as well as international specialists," he said in a statement.
He added that the location of the possible find was consistent with oceanic drift models used by Australian authorities overseeing the huge and costly two-year deep-sea search for signs of MH370.
The saga has been marked by a history of false leads, however, and Liow cautioned against "undue speculation" until experts can have a look.
Last July, a wing fragment was found washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
Experts later determined it came from MH370, the only confirmed evidence of the plane's fate so far.
Experts believe MH370 veered far off course to somewhere in the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it went down.
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