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Malaysia to inspect suspected plane debris found in Maldives

Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8 last year while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

August 10, 2015

A message left on a board of remembrance by Kelly (last name not given), 29, the wife of a passenger aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, at a vigil ahead of the one-year anniversary of its disappearance in Kuala Lumpur. PHOTO: REUTERS

Malaysia said on Monday it will send a team to the Maldives to inspect debris found there and cautioned that it was too early to establish any connection to the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370.

This comes after several news reports said unidentified debris had been found in Maldives and were being collected by authorities in case they are from the missing plane.

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"Once it is determined to be aircraft debris, discussions will be held to determine next steps in terms of the process of analysis," said the transport ministry in a statement.

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Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8 last year while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, about 3,700 km (2,300 miles) from Reunion.

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Prime Minister Najib Razak said last week that experts had “conclusively confirmed” a piece of debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion last week was part of the wing of MH370.