TimelineConfirmed20 Jun 2016 00:00 UTCDebris 2015–2017
Right outboard flap confirmed in Tanzania
20 June 2016
A 4.6 m right outboard flap section is found on Pemba Island, Tanzania, and confirmed as 9M-MRO.
Item 20 in the Malaysian debris list — a large right outboard flap, about 4.57 × 1.83 m — was found on Pemba Island and confirmed via identifiers. Together with the flaperon and Mauritius flap, it is primary physical proof that major wing trailing-edge structure entered the western Indian Ocean debris stream.