Australia’s government has opted against further funding to help locate a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane that vanished in March 2014.
Australia has spent nearly $90 million scouring more than 40,000 sq. miles in a desperate attempt to find the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
Since late 2014, Malawian police have recorded at least 65 cases of violence against people with albinism, a U.N. expert said.
South Africa and Mozambique granted permission after recently found items were deemed “almost certainly” from a missing passenger jet.
The IMF also canceled a planned trip to Mozambique this week after discovering the country allegedly had $1 billion in previously undisclosed government debt.
Two pieces of airplane debris found on the Mozambique coast will be sent to Malaysia for further examination.
The transport minister told reporters Sunday that three pieces of wreckage had arrived from Africa.
The ship, fitted with key search equipment, will attempt to recover a lost towfish deep-water detector, which hit an underwater volcano and sank.
The discovery of the new piece comes as several suspected Flight MH370 debris were found over the last few weeks near South Africa.
Malaysia's government has sent teams to two places where recently discovered debris could help solve a mystery surrounding a missing passenger jet.
The Malaysian transport ministry said Wednesday that “the paint and stenciling” on both debris items found last month matched those used by the airline.
Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said it was too early to confirm if the debris belonged to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
The multinational search for MH370 has been the largest, most expensive such project ever, covering more than 33,500 square miles of ocean floor.
Items found in Mozambique were “consistent with drift modeling” of how plane parts might have traveled via ocean currents, Australia’s transport minister said.
Authorities are working to determine if recently discovered debris on Mozambique and Réunion Island are linked to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
The third piece was found on France's Réunion Island during the last two weeks, Malaysia's transport minister said.
Experts will examine the debris found two weeks ago in the African nation for possible links to the missing aircraft.
The statement barely shed any light on recent findings of debris on Réunion Island and Mozambique, passengers’ relatives told local media.
The Malaysian prime minister's disclosure of an end date later this year came after relatives of passengers called for a recovery effort to continue.
Nearly three-quarters of over 46,000 square miles of seafloor have been searched, and hopes are high that the plane could be found soon.
Rob McCallum, who was involved in the search for the Air France Flight 447 wreckage in 2011, made the claim ahead of the second anniversary of Flight MH370’s disappearance.
Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said there was a “high possibility” the debris belongs to the same type of plane as Flight MH370.