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Malaysia seeks cooperation from Mozambique, S. Africa for more missing plane's debris

Xinhua, March 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

Malaysia is seeking cooperation from Mozambique and South Africa to conduct search along the coast of the two countries for more debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, officials said on Thursday.

Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told reporters that Malaysia is waiting for the response from the two countries, which may take one to two weeks.

Malaysia and Australia authorities confirmed last week that the two pieces of debris found in Mozambique were "almost certainly" from the missing aircraft.

Two more pieces of debris, including a suspected engine part, were discovered in South African coast.

However, Liow said the search would be difficult in the coast areas.

Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, most of them being Chinese nationals.

A joint search in southern Indian Ocean, where the flight presumably had ended its journey, has yet to found its wreckage. Enditem