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TimelineProbable27 Dec 2015 00:00 UTCDebris 2015–2017

Flap-track fairing found in Mozambique

27 December 2015 / identified 2016

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A right-wing no. 7 flap support fairing is recovered at Daghatane Beach, Mozambique. Stencilling matches Malaysia Airlines practice; ATSB judges it almost certainly MH370.

Independent searcher Blaine Gibson and others recovered several pieces on Mozambique and Madagascar beaches in late 2015 and 2016. Item 2 in the Malaysian debris summary — a right-wing flap support fairing with stencil “676EB” consistent with MAS maintenance — was examined by the ATSB and classified almost certain. It is part of the western-Indian-Ocean debris field that CSIRO reverse-drifted back toward the 7th arc.

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